The Hindu 25.07.2009
Rs. 25 crore sought for mitigating drinking water shortage
Special Correspondent
VELLORE: The Vellore district administration has decided to send proposals seeking Rs. 25 crore from the State government for undertaking works to mitigate the drinking water scarcity in the municipal, town panchayat and village panchayat areas in the district, as per a decision taken at a consultation meeting of officials of various departments at the Collectorate here on Friday, according to C. Rajendran, Collector of Vellore, who presided over the meeting. The meeting was held in the backdrop of the dwindling groundwater table and the drying up of the deep borewells as a result of the continuous exploitation of groundwater through borewells owing to failure of the monsoon. The meeting also reviewed the works being undertaken by the Tamil Nadu Water Supply and Drainage (TWAD) Board and the local bodies to deepen the borewells and repair the motorised pumpsets with the funds initially sanctioned by the Tamil Nadu Chief Minister for drought relief. It also assessed the need for more funds to undertake the works.
The Collector said that mitigation of the drinking water scarcity among the public was a priority work being undertaken by the government, and therefore asked the officials to realise this and take immediate action to solve the problem.
