The Hindu 17.08.2012
Plan to extend Pilloor project to Siruvani scheme areas
Proposal to be sent to Commissioner of Municipal Administration
The Corporation is planning to lay mild steel pipelines
for 13 km at Rs.15 crore linking the Ramakrishnapuram Main Service
Reservoir under the Pilloor Drinking Water Supply Scheme with the
Bharathi Park Reservoir on Bharathi Park Road under the Siruvani Water
Supply Scheme to end scarcity in Siruvani scheme areas.
Resolution
A resolution to this effect was passed at the meeting on Thursday.Explaining
the resolution, Mayor S.M. Velusamy said that Pilloor Phase II, which
was nearing completion, was expected to provide nearly 125 million
litres per day of water.
This would be in addition to the varying withdrawal from the Siruvani scheme.At
present, Pilloor Phase I scheme supplied 65 mld and on completion of
the Pilloor II, the Pilloor I scheme would be restored to the TWAD Board
to meet the drinking water requirements of wayside habitations.
Owing to the failure of monsoon, the Siruvani reservoir now had a storage of 3,930 million litres.Considering
the monsoon delay, the civic body was left with no other option but to
draw up contingency plans to supplement water supply from Pilloor II
scheme for Siruvani water-served areas.
Now, as an
ad-hoc measure, the civic body was drawing close to 30 million litres
per day using the Pilloor II lines in addition to the withdrawal from
the Pilloor I scheme.
This had helped in increasing water supply to North and East zones of the city.As
part of the plan to reduce dependence on Siruvani (which is monsoon
dependent), the civic body would lay pipelines from Saravanampatty
Ramakrishnapuram tank to Bharathi Park Siruvani scheme ground level
tank.
This would help draw 10 million litres per day
for added areas such as Chinnavedampatti, Vellakinaru and
Kavundamapalayam besides serving the drinking water needs of 21 wards of
the civic body.
A proposal to this effect would be
sent to the Commissioner of Municipal Administration for administrative
and technical sanction besides getting funds from the Government or
through loans for its speedy implementation.
