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Krishna water to come next week

Wednesday, 09 September 2009 00:22 administrator
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The Hindu 09.09.2009

Krishna water to come next week

 

M. Malleswara Rao and T. Ramakrishnan

HYDERABAD/CHENNAI: The Andhra Pradesh government on Tuesday announced that it would release Krishna water for Chennai from September 15. Water from the Kandaleru reservoir in Nellore district, about 200 km north of Chennai, would be released to the Satyamurti Sagar in Poondi through the Kandaleru-Poondi Canal.

This decision was taken at a high-level meeting chaired by Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister K. Rosaiah in Hyderabad. Major Irrigation Minister P. Lakshmaiah said it was taken on the basis of a request from the Tamil Nadu government. His government would meet its commitment in full, but over two or three spells as was done in the previous years.

The Telugu Ganga canal originates from the Srisailam dam and reaches Poondi after covering a distance of 408 km and crossing three major reservoirs, including Kandaleru. The Srisailam reservoir is now nearly full while Kandaleru has a storage of 22 thousand million cubic feet (tmcft).

The announcement has enthused officials of the Tamil Nadu Water Resource Department (WRD) and Chennai Metrowater in view of the declining storage in the reservoirs catering to the city’s needs. On Tuesday, the combined storage was about 2.7 tmcft against the capacity of 11.057 tmcft. On the corresponding day last year, the storage was about 3.9 tmcft. Given the present level of drawal, the storage can last a couple of months.

Last Updated on Wednesday, 09 September 2009 00:24
 

Drinking water scheme

Monday, 31 August 2009 00:57 administrator
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The Hindu 31.08.2009

Drinking water scheme

Staff Reporter

THENI: A new drinking water scheme will be implemented to solve drinking water crisis in Andipatti town panchayat shortly. Vaigai dam will be the water source for this project, according to Collector P. Muthuveeran.

Inaugurating a community hall in Andipatti town panchayat on Sunday, he said it had been planned to implement the scheme as early as possible to wipe out drinking water crisis permanently.

This community hall will cater to the needs of poor people. They need not spend huge sums of money for hiring private marriage halls for their family functions, he added.

The State government had allotted Rs.4.25 crore for improving basic amenities in the town. More schemes were in the pipeline to enhance infrastructure.

To identify beneficiaries for Kalaignar Insurance Scheme for Life Saving Treatments, special camps would be held at Rengasamudram, T. Subbulapuram and Thimmarasanaickanur villages. People should use this opportunity and avail the advanced medical care free of cost. It would be very useful to the poor and downtrodden, he added.

Last Updated on Monday, 31 August 2009 00:58
 

Work on new water tanks to begin shortly

Monday, 31 August 2009 00:29 administrator
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The Hindu 31.08.2009

Work on new water tanks to begin shortly

S. Ganesan

Per capita drinking water supply will go up to an uniform 135 litres a day

The 35 tanks will create an additional storage capacity of 163 lakh litres

TIRUCHI: Work on building 35 additional overhead drinking water tanks and pumping mains for a length of about 85 km under four different packages of the drinking water supply augmentation scheme for the city is to begin shortly.

The scheme being executed with financial assistance from the Japan Bank for International Cooperation was expected to end the disparities in the quantum of water supplied to different parts of the city and bring several new colonies under the distribution network.

Once commissioned, the per capita drinking water supply would go up to uniform 135 litres a day to all parts of the city. The project has been split into eight major packages for construction of collector wells, laying of distribution mains, improvements to existing line and construction of overhead tanks.

Currently work is under way on two packages for the construction of three collector wells on the Coleroon River.

The bids received for the four packages, for which re-tenders were called, were approved by the Tender Award Committee last week. “Work orders for the four packages will be issued within the next few days with the approval of the Corporation Council and the works will commence soon after,” Commissioner T.T. Balsamy told The Hindu.

The 35 additional overhead tanks (OHTs) will create an additional storage capacity of 163 lakh litres and they would be located in various parts of the city.

The new OHTs will be in addition to the existing 54. Additional distribution mains have been proposed for a total stretch of over 262 km.

However, once the new Collector Wells were ready, expected by April next year, the Corporation has planned to start pumping water under the new scheme by linking it to the existing distribution network without waiting for the completion of all the packages.

The new scheme will tap about 58.60 MLD immediately on completion and 93.26 MLD in the ultimate stage in 2039.

Currently, a major portion of the City’s water requirement, about 86 MLD, is tapped from the Cauvery River.

The financial estimate of the project, originally put at Rs.144.86 crores, has now been revised to Rs.169 crores.

Last Updated on Monday, 31 August 2009 00:36
 
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