Nearly 7,500 homes in Nolambur and Karambakkam will be getting pipe
water under the Rs 452.77 crore Comprehensive Water Supply and Sewerage
Scheme, implemented in the newly added areas of Chennai Corporation, in
the next two years.

Metro Water sources said that Nolambur and
Karambakkam were part of the nine areas where the comprehensive water
schemes will be implemented in the next two years. Other areas, which
will be covered under the scheme, included Injambakkam, Sholinganallur,
Karapakkam, Ramapuram, Okkium-Thoraipakkam, Nandambakkam and Manapakkam.

Under
the scheme in Nolambur, plans are on to provide water connections to
2,959 houses. Currently, the existing water supply system in Nolambur is
maintained by extracting water from nine wells as well as few deep bore
wells at the rate of 40 litres per capita per day (lpcd).

“The
proposal involves providing feeder main and distribution system, using
ductile iron pipes ranging from 1000 millimeter to 450 millimeter size
for a total length of 40,279 metres and construction of overhead tank
with 18 lakh litre capacity,” a Metro Water spokesman said.

In
Karambakkam, it is proposed to provide 4,568 service connections by
constructing an overhead tank with the capacity of 25 lakh litres and
underground tank with five lakh litres.

Currently, water is supplied through these areas by extracting ground water from various borewells at the rate of 95lpcd.

“The
total estimated cost for Nolambur and Karambakkam projects is Rs 38.56
crore and it would benefit nearly 50,000 residents,” the Metro Water
spokesman said.

Similarly, under the project, the government is
also planning to implement sewerage scheme that will cover Kathivakkam,
Sholinganallur, Karapakkam and Ramapuram.

The funds are part of
the state government sanctioned Rs 879.78 crore for implementing the
works proposed by Chennai Corporation and Chennai Metropolitan Water
Supply and Sewerage Board under the Chennai Mega City Development
Mission (CMCDM).