The Hindu 27.06.2013
‘New drinking water schemes on the anvil’
The Thanjavur Municipality is taking all possible steps
to provide drinking water to people without any problem, said Savithiri
Gopal, Chairperson, Thanjavur Municipality, here on Wednesday.
Responding
to complaints made by councillors that drinking water scarcity existed
in some wards, Ms. Gopal said that borewells were sunk at various places
to solve the problem.
Sun Ramanathan, DMK
councillor, said alternate water projects should be taken up to meet the
future needs of drinking water in the town. “Usually, Vennar will get
water from Mettur in June. This year as there is no water in Vennar,
drinking water scarcity is experienced in some wards. This should be
solved,” he said.
To this, Ms. Gopal said that some
new drinking water schemes are on the anvil. But as a temporary measure,
municipal water lorries supplied drinking water. Compared to other
Municipalities in Tamil Nadu, Thanjavur is better in providing drinking
water.
Some councillors complained that there was
leakage in the underground drainage system at many places. Sewage water
was overflowing and causing pollution.
The
Chairperson said that Tamil Nadu Water Supply and Drainage Board had
been maintaining the underground drainage in Thanjavur. It was yet to
hand over the maintenance to municipality. But the municipality is
taking steps to attend to problems in the system and correct them.
Ms.
Gopal appealed to the people not to dump waste soil in the drainage
system which leads to plugging of the pipelines and thus resulting in
leakage.
