Water supply was back to normal in the capital only by Tuesday
evening, even though the Kerala Water Authority (KWA) managed to plug
the leaks on the main transmission line from Aruvikkara by 9 pm on
Monday.

 ‘’We re-started pumping around 9 pm on Monday. Water
supply is now back to normal,’’ a KWA engineer said. In fact, parts of
the city had gone without water for nearly four days after the KWA
discovered a leak on the 1,200 mm transmission main which brings water
from Aruvikkara to the city on Saturday. A second rupture was discovered
soon after and the KWA had launched an all-out effort to plug the leak
and restore water supply to normal.

 High-line areas of the city
and major residential areas were hit even though the KWA pressed into
service several tanker lorries for supplying water.

 The work was
to have been completed by Sunday evening, but the KWA could not meet
this deadline. A second deadline set for Monday noon also could not be
met. KWA officials had attributed the delay to the depth at which the
pipeline was laid. KWA engineers had to re-lay a concrete pipe with MS
pipe.