The Hindu 03.03.2010
Pilloor line cracks, water supply stopped
Special Correspondent
| Works expected to be completed in the early hours of Wednesday |
Siruvani water will be provided if the works
take time to complete
The schedule of Pilloor water supply will
remain hit for some areas
COIMBATORE: The supply of drinking water under the Pilloor scheme was stopped in the afternoon on Tuesday after a leak in the main line was detected at Kattan Hills.
Supervised by officials from the Tamil Nadu Water Supply and Drainage Board, workers dug throughout the afternoon to reach the pipe and found that it actually had a large crack and it was not just a case of water leaking through any displaced joint.
The removal of the damaged pipe was expected to take nearly eight hours and the fixing of another pipe would take another eight to nine hours, water supply officials said.
Though the halt in the supply of water would enable cutting of the damaged pipe and welding its replacement in place, night time always slackened the pace of work, they said.
The works were expected to be completed in the early hours of Wednesday and water supply might be restored that evening, a press release from the water board said.
The supply in the city was stopped in the afternoon and Siruvani water would have to be provided if the works took more time to complete. The schedule of Pilloor water supply would remain hit for some areas over the next two to three days.
After resumption, it would be done first to areas that were to get supply on Tuesday. This would delay the supply by a day or two for the areas that expected normal supply on Wednesday and Thursday.
