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After decades of dependence connected tankers for water, residents of Thiru.Vi.Ka Nagar and neighbouring areas person present been promised a full-fledged piped h2o proviso system, with large infrastructure upgrades nether way, according to Chennai Metro Water Supply and Sewage Board (CMWSSB). The Hindu precocious reported that the residents’ 50-year conflict for drinking h2o had worsened this summer.
In the meantime, the replacement of choked h2o mains connected Thiru.Vi. Ka Nagar 4th, 5th, and 6th streets is nether mode and is scheduled to beryllium completed by June 30, 2026, CMWSSB added.
This is aft the Board identified choking and implicit blockage of existing h2o mains crossed galore of the 202 streets successful this portion nether the Thiru.Vi. Ka Nagar constituency, the Department stated.
Permanent solution
To conscionable contiguous h2o needs, proviso to Thiru.Vi. Ka Nagar 1st to 9th streets is presently managed done 25 vessel installations, filled by 12 mobile h2o proviso lorries. However, this is lone a impermanent arrangement, officials said.
To permanently code the issue, a elaborate task study (DPR) has been prepared for replacing pipelines implicit a magnitude of 18.185 km utilizing ductile robust pipelines ranging from 100 mm to 450 mm successful diameter. The task besides includes the operation of overhead tanks and underground sumps to service 964 tenements.
The ₹59.15-crore task is being executed by the CMWSSB with funds from Singara Chennai 2.0 and the Tamil Nadu Urban Habitat Development Board, and is expected to beryllium completed by August 2027.
One of facilities successful the task would comprise an 11-lakh-litre overhead vessel with a six-lakh-litre underground tank, portion the different would person a 25-lakh-litre overhead vessel with an 11-lakh-litre underground tank.
Water organisation volition beryllium divided into 2 zones, on with the replacement of existing electromechanical arrangements successful the 1.6-lakh-litre underground tank, according to CMWSSB.
Welcoming the move, Selavaraj of Pulianthope Podhu Nala Sangam, said radical who person depended connected tanker h2o for implicit 50 years merit contiguous piped h2o supply.
