Proposal to augment water supply to five added areas
Pipelines to be laid for 327.64 km.
There is good news from the Coimbatore Corporation to
the residents of Kavundampalayam, Vadavalli, Veerakeralam, Kurichi and
Kuniamuthur. The civic body has readied a proposal for improving
drinking water supply in the five areas, which, until recently, were
outside the Corporation limits.
The new proposal is consequent upon a resolution the Corporation passed in the recent past.
According
to sources, the Corporation’s proposal for a little over Rs. 28 crore
is aimed at improving the drinking water supply in the aforementioned
localities by laying new pipelines (distribution main lines) to convey
drinking water.
Distribution main
At
present, the sources say, the Corporation is forced to supply potable
and non-potable water through the same pipeline network, because of
which the quality, regularity and uniformity of drinking water gets
affected. The size of the distribution main is also insufficient to meet
the future needs.
The proposal says that the civic
body will lay pipelines for 327.64 km – nearly 100 km at Rs. 6.36 crore
in Kavundampalayam, nearly 100 km at Rs. 6.69 crore in Vadavalli, 57.93
km at Rs. 5.02 crore in Kurichi and nearly 77 km at Rs. 6.35 crore in
Kuniamuthur.
The Corporation is also planning to link the Pilloor II pipeline network with the Aliyar’s.
As
per the new proposal the Corporation will increase the water supply
from the current 70 litres per capita per day (lpcd) to 135 lpcd,
increase the size of the distribution main to 110 to 160 mm diameter,
use HDPE (high-density polyethylene) pipes instead of the current PVC
and have a metered tariff system.
Another reason for
the Corporation to revamp the pipelines, the proposal justifies, is that
the five localities have a population that they were expected to reach
only in 2021.
Fund
The
sources say that the Corporation has asked the State Government to
sanction the funds under the Integrated Urban Development Mission scheme
as it will be not in a position to take it up on its own, given the
financial commitment it has. The sources add that the civic body will
forward soon the proposal to the Government for approval.
