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Water will be supplied once in eight days

Friday, 23 August 2013 04:50 administrator
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The Hindu               23.08.2013 

Water will be supplied once in eight days

Staff Reporter

Technical glitches led to disruption in water supply, says Mayor

A letter stating that bombs will go off on the premises of a school, Mayor’s residence, and at a Councillor’s house if water was not supplied immediately made Mayor S. Soundappan promise that water will be supplied once in eight days.

The headmaster of the government-aided elementary school at Chengalpattu Street in Gugai got the letter, written in Tamil, on Wednesday.

Address

The address given was: Head Quarters, Veera Vanakkam Kazhagam, Salem — 1.

Mr. Soundappan told reporters here on Thursday that laying of pipeline for the Mettur — Vellore Water Supply Scheme along the existing Mettur — Salem — Attur Combined Water Supply Scheme pipelines led to technical glitch and leakages. “This led to non-supply of drinking water to residents,” he added. The Mayor said that Tamil Nadu Water Supply and Drainage (TWAD) Board was rectifying the problems and water supply would be restored soon.

He said that the Rs. 132-crore Mettur- Salem Dedicated Water Supply Scheme, once completed, would ensure 135 litres of protected drinking water to citizens once in two days.

Mr. Soundappan expressed the confidence that the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) would grant permission to lay pipelines across the Salem — Bangalore National Highway, near Mamangam.

Grienvances

“People can represent their grievance to the corporation officials directly,” said Mr. Soundappan.

Referring to the letter, he said that a complaint has been lodged with the police.

Irregular drinking water supply had led to frequent protests and blocking of roads by the people in the last two months.

Many alleged that water was supplied to them once in 20 days.

 

Rs 90 lakh sought for water supply

Thursday, 22 August 2013 11:52 administrator
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The New Indian Express             22.08.2013

Rs 90 lakh sought for water supply

The Vellore Corporation has written to the Commissionerate of Municipal Administration seeking Rs 90 lakh under the Drought Relief Fund for the lorry and tractor water supply project.

In order to overcome the shortage of water supply during summer, the Corporation had involved private parties for supplying water through lorry and tractor. As the project was successful, it was being continued in the city.

According to the available data from the local body,the Corporation had spent a considerable amount for the lorry and tractor water supply project for the year 2011-12 and 2012-13 in each zone as follows: Rs 83.80 lakh for zone 1 - Tharapadavedu, Rs 30 lakh for zone 2 - Sathuvachari,Rs 38.10 lakh, for zone 3 -Vellore and Rs 19.80 lakh for Zone 4-Shenbakkam.

Corporation officials said the local body has been utilising the general fund for the project and had  written to the Commissionerate of Municipal Administration to release a fund amounting  to Rs 90 lakh for Vellore Corporation in the first phase, to meet the expenses of the ongoing project.

 

German bank to fund drinking water project for Tirunelveli

Wednesday, 21 August 2013 04:49 administrator
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The Hindu               21.08.2013

German bank to fund drinking water project for Tirunelveli

Special Correspondent

Private Consultant submits technical report on the water project. A German bank will fund the Corporation’s proposed drinking water project.

The project seeks to draw water from the Ariyanayagipuram check dam and envisages an outlay of Rs. 230 crore.

Loan

The Frankfurt-based public sector development bank, KfW, will provide Rs. 69 crore (30 per cent of the total project cost) as a loan. The rest of the funding will come from the Integrated Urban Development Mission.

The Corporation, which has established drinking water pumping stations at Kondaanagaram, Suththamalli, Kurukkuthurai, Theeppaatchiamman Temple, Manappadaiveedu, Thirumalaikozhunthupuram and Karuppanthurai, is getting 50.10 million litres of water a day.

Since the Corporation’s population is expected to cross 7 lakh within the next 30 years, the urban local body initially decided to bring water directly from the Papanasam dam, one the three prime reservoirs in the district, on an outlay of Rs.100 crore.

Though a team of Corporation officials and Mayor Vijila Sathyananth visited the dam site and the proposed areas through which the pipelines were to be laid, the proposal was stalled over consent to be obtained from the National Tiger Conservation Authority as pipelines would traverse the Kalakkad–Mundanthurai Tiger Reserve.

Instead, it was then decided to draw water from the Ariyanayagipuram check dam.

CM’s nod

The proposal got the nod from Chief Minister J.Jayalalithaa.

The KfW has agreed to release Rs.69 crore, and it will also sanction a subsidy of Rs.46 crore (20 per cent of the total project cost).

The remaining 10 per cent of the project cost of Rs.23 crore will be borne by the Tirunelveli Corporation.

The German bank has laid down conditions, including raising the deposit for drinking water connections from the existing Rs. 6,500 to Rs.10,000 for domestic connections and from Rs. 15,000 to Rs.20,000 for commercial connections, as well as upwardly revising the monthly tariff from the existing Rs.100 to Rs.200.

This tariff will be Rs.400 for commercial connections.

The tariff should be increased by 5 per cent every five years, the bank has insisted.

Meanwhile, Shah Technical Consultants Private Limited, Chennai, which was appointed by the Corporation to prepare a report on the drinking water scheme, has submitted the project report.

“If this proposal gets the Council’s nod, we’ll forward it to the government and subsequently to the KfW. If it is approved, the drinking water project will move to the next step of floating a tender for the execution of the scheme,” said a senior Corporation official.

 
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