The Hindu 15.06.2016
Mayor, MLAs inspect water scheme
With the city facing acute water shortage, Mayor S.
Soundappan along with MLAs and officials visited the Mettur – Salem
Dedicated Water Supply Scheme at Thottilpatti here on Tuesday.
The
corporation receives 102 MLD (million litres a day) water through the
dedicated scheme and 10 MLD water through the Nangavalli – Salem Old
Water Supply Scheme everyday which, in turn, is supplied to all the
wards in corporation limits.
Due to maintenance work carried out at Chekkanur barrage for past three weeks, water could not be stored in the barrage.
Hence,
raw water could not be pumped for treatment and distribution to the
residents. With water supply being restored slowly, the Mayor along with
Corporation Commissioner K.R. Selvaraj, MLAs G. Venkatachalam and A.P.
Sakthivel, and Deputy Mayor M. Natesan inspected the channel-laying
process at Thottilpatti. The Mayor asked the officials to expedite the
works so that regular water supply is restored at the earliest.
