Work begins in Phase II of drinking water supply scheme in Salem
Staff Reporter
Entire project is expected to be completed in 18 months
Vital project:Minister for Highways and Minor Ports Edappadi K.
Palaniswami (second right) inaugurating Phase II of the Mettur – Salem
Dedicated Water Scheme project in Salem on Sunday.-Photo: E. Lakshmi
Narayanan
City Municipal Corporation has begun work under Phase II
of the Rs. 132.12 crore Mettur – Salem Dedicated Water Supply Scheme
here on Sunday.
Under the scheme, pipeline would be
laid from the corporation entry point, near Mamangam on Salem –
Bangalore National Highway, for 67.385 km at a cost of Rs. 44.1 crore
and would be pumped to 22 new overhead tanks at different parts of the
city, to be constructed at a cost of Rs. 32.85 crore.
Water
would then be distributed to households through a pipeline length of
212 k.m. and would be monitored through Supervisory Control and Data
Acquisition (SCADA), to be installed at a cost of Rs. 2.50 crore.
Software
SCADA
is a software application programme that would control the flow of
water and gather necessary data from the civic body office.
Works are expected to be completed in 18 months as each individual would receive 135 litre of protected water under the scheme.
Currently
under Phase I, laying of pipeline from Mettur to Mamangam, construction
of pumping house and water treatment plant were carried out at a cost
of Rs. 188 crore.
The total cost of the water supply scheme is Rs. 320.54 crore, including the grant of Rs. 37.45 crore from the State government.
Currently the corporation receives about 60 MLD through the Mettur- Salem-Attur Combined Water Supply Scheme (CWSS).
Minister for Highways and Minor Ports Edappadi K. Palaniswami inaugurated the works at Mamangam, Reddipatti and at Ammapet.
The
Minister also inaugurated the Rs. 39.50 lakh maternity centre at
Kumarasamipatti and at Kitchipalayam in Ammapet, constructed at a cost
of Rs. 39.95 lakh.
The maternity centres have
ultrasound scan room, labour room, post natal ward, pharmacy,
immunization room, TB and HIV testing room and staff and patients
toilets.
Currently to cater to the health care needs
of the people in 60 wards, there are seven urban health posts 13
maternity centres, two maternity homes health sub-centres and nine
dispensaries in the city.
District Collector K.
Maharabushanam, Mayor S. Soundappan, Corporation Commissioner M.
Ashokan, Deputy Mayor N. Natesan, Councillors, Executive Engineers and
officials were present on the occasion.
Each individual covered under the scheme will receive 135 litres of protected water
