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Rs. 4 crore to mitigate drinking water problems

Saturday, 29 August 2009 00:58 administrator
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The Hindu 29.08.2009

Rs. 4 crore to mitigate drinking water problems

Staff Reporter

Virudhunagar district gets it from drought relief fund



BENEFICIAL MOVE: Minister for Backward Classes Welfare K.K.S.S.R. Ramachandran distributing administrative sanction orders to one of the officials for carrying out works to augment drinking water supply in Virudhunagar on Friday. The Collector Sigy Thomas Vaidhyan is seen.

VIRUDHUNAGAR: The State Government has released Rs. 4 crore for mitigating drinking water problems in the district under the Drought Relief Fund. While the seven municipalities will get Rs. 120 lakh, nine town panchayats will get Rs. 50 lakh and Rs. 230 lakh will go for the 11 panchayat unions.

After reviewing the drinking water problems in the district here on Friday, the Minister for Backward Classes, K.K.S.S.R. Ramachandran, said that several steps have been taken to streamline drinking water situation through weekly reviews conducted by the district Collector.

Among the important steps were same day power shut down for all areas covering the combined drinking water projects, promptly attending to power failures.

The Tamil Nadu Electricity Board has been asked to provide a dedicated power line for the Pandalkudi and Kalkurichi water pumping stations under combined drinking water project as done for the Manur combined drinking water scheme, he said. The quantum of water supplied through Tamirabarani combined drinking water scheme to the Virudhunagar town has been increased to 23 to 25 lakh litres a day from 16 to 18 lakh litres a day.

Water was being supplied once in five days since June 15 as against the practice of once-in-10-days supply.

The pumping main booster of the Ondipuli water project for the town has been put into use after prolonged period of failure.

Water supply in Srivilliputtur town has been stepped up with four new deep borewells. Ten electric motors used illegally suck water from pipelines were seized.

Additional water supply has been made to Tiruthangal town by setting right the failed mini power pumps.

Similarly, water problems in various villages were set right by promptly attending to technical failures in handpumps and plugging leakages in pipelines. All the nine town panchayats were getting adequate quantum of water.

The district administration has increased water supply to Rajapalayam municipality by pumping water from 20 private wells besides the 16 deep borewells and six open wells in the summer storage facilities of the local body. Owners of 10 more wells have come forward to share their resources for the town after Mr. Ramanchandran intervened.

A proposal for a combined drinking water project for Rajapalayam, Srivilliputtur and 335 villages of Watrap panchayat union and seven town panchayats; another proposal for combined water project for Sattur, Sivakasi and 654 villages of Virudhunagar and Vembakottai panchayat unions and a third project for 474 villages of Aruppukottai, Tiruchuzhi, Narikudi and Kariyapatti panchayat unions based on the water resources of Tamirabarani river have been sent to the State Government, Mr. Ramachandran said.

The Collector, Sigy Thomas Vaidhyan, and officials from various departments participated in the meeting.

Last Updated on Saturday, 29 August 2009 01:03
 

Complete project in a year, get gifts: Stalin

Friday, 28 August 2009 16:09 administrator
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The New Indian Express 28.08.2009

Complete project in a year, get gifts: Stalin

Express News Service

CHENNAI: Gifts are in store for the officials concerned if they ensured completion of the modernisation of Communicable Diseases Hospital (CDH) in one year’s time instead of the planned 18-month period. This is what Deputy Chief Minister M K Stalin offered on Thursday toeing the line of his father and Chief Minister M Karunanidhi for speedy completion of government projects.

After laying the foundation stone for the Rs 13.53-crore CDH modernisation project here, Stalin said, “There is a belief that government projects never complete on time. But the Chief Minister changed the trend by announcing gifts for officials involved in the Ramanatha­puram combined drinking water scheme.”

The announcement of gifts for motivating the officials had paid rich dividends in the water scheme and the project was completed well ahead of the targeted completion of project, thus enabling drought-affected villages with safe drinking water, he said.

Similarly, if the officials and the contractor completed CDH’s modernisation project in 12 months’ time instead of the stipulated 18-month, the officials would be entitled for a gift from the State, he said.

Under the modernisation project, new administrative block, acute diarrheal diseases block, airborne infection block, fever block and separate blocks for mortuary and laundry would be constructed.

Stalin also inaugurated more than 80 different public welfare projects developed in 42 wards located in North Chennai.

Last Updated on Friday, 28 August 2009 16:16
 

“Include Rajapalayam in Tamirabarani water project”

Friday, 28 August 2009 04:24 administrator
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The Hindu 28.08.2009

“Include Rajapalayam in Tamirabarani water project”

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Chamber’s appeal to Deputy Chief Minister M.K. Stalin

RAJAPALAYAM: The Rajapalayam Chamber of Commerce and Industry has urged Deputy Chief Minister M.K. Stalin to find a solution for the water scarcity in Rajapalayam town by including it in the Tamirabarani combined drinking water project.

In a memorandum, its president, P.R. Ramasubrahmaneya Rajha, said that two water storage facilities, using resources of Ayyanar Koil river, were formed one after another to cater to the drinking water requirements of the town. But, the second facility was bone dry with no water.

Relying on these two water facilities, the Rajapalayam Municipal Council did not show any interest to implement the Tamirabarani combined drinking water project for the town, the memorandum said.

Monsoon failure

With the monsoon failing, the water table in wells around the facilities have gone down. Water from these wells was used to be pumped, after purification, to the overhead tank and distributed to the town.

Even this was not possible these days and the town was supplying water through pipelines for only one hour that too once in 10 days.

The situation might go worse in the coming days, Mr. Rajha felt.

Stating that the combined drinking water was all set to meet the needs of adjacent towns like Sivakasi and Srivilliputtur, Mr. Rajha urged Mr. Stalin to include Rajapalayam in the Tamirabarani project.

Last Updated on Friday, 28 August 2009 04:38
 
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