The Hindu       23.02.2012

Pumping water with motors from the mains invites disconnection

The Tiruchi Corporation has warned of stern action against residents resorting to pumping drinking water using motors from the distribution mains.

At a meeting to review the execution of development works, Corporation Commissioner K.Veera Raghava Rao said the Corporation was taking steps to ensure equitable distribution of water supply to all residents in the city.

Over the past few months, about 34 motors used for pumping water from the distribution mains have been seized and action initiated against the offenders.

The Corporation would continue to maintain a vigil against the practice and seize motors used for such purpose.

Water supply to the offenders would also be disconnected, he said.

Mr.Rao instructed Corporation officials to ensure the expeditious completion of toilets, especially those being built exclusively for the differently abled.

The Commissioner reviewed the progress of works on various ongoing projects, including the construction of the bridge across the Uyyakondan for the inner link road, construction of Anganwadi centres and the city beautification works.

S.Raja Mohamed, City Engineer, R.Chandran and S.Arunachalam, Executive Engineers, and other officials attended the meeting.

Inverters for schools

Meanwhile, the Standing Committee on Education, which held its first meeting here on Wednesday, discussed in detail a proposal to provide inverters for Corporation schools.

Proposals on providing furniture for noon meal centres here were discussed. A decision on the matters would be taken soon.

The meeting was chaired by the committee chairman N.S.Boopendran.

The Hindu        23.02.2012

Councillors demand improvement in water supply

Monday's meeting of councillors representing wards in North Zone saw them demand improvement in water supply, deployment of more conservancy workers, more bins among others.

Ward 29 Councillor R. Mahadevan complained that not only drinking water but also borewell water supply was insufficient to meet the people's needs. He wondered how the Corporation would be able to manage the ensuing summer.

Citing allotment of funds for wards, he wanted to know the basis the North Zone administration adopted in distributing funds. “Is it area, or population or political affiliation?” He also wanted to know when the Corporation would provide vehicles for his ward for clearing garbage. Bullock cards did not meet the needs.

For P.V. Subramanian, Councillor, Ward 47, it was mosquito menace on the agenda. It had been ages since his ward's residents or he spotted the Corporation's vehicles used to control mosquitoes. He also spoke about the need for efforts to control street dog menace.

S.R. Gopalakrishnan, Councillor, Ward 28, said that conservancy work suffered in his ward because of insufficient number of workers. The number of workers the Corporation promised to deploy had not been sent. He also complained about faulty streetlights.

S. Saradha Shanmugam, Councillor, Ward 26, also spoke about insufficient workers. Drainage cleaning work suffered in her ward because of inadequate staff. V. Vathsala, Councillor, Ward 1, demanded mass cleaning camp in all the wards in the zone.

North Zone Chairman P. Rajkumar promised to look into the issues and assured the councillors that the focus would be on developing added areas.

Later, the councillors passed resolutions on laying roads, cleaning public convenience facilities, improving amenities in market, etc.