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With delays successful repairing damaged pipelines disrupting drinking h2o proviso to residents, the Erode Corporation plans to instrumentality implicit attraction of sumps and pipelines from the Tamil Nadu Water Supply and Drainage (TWAD) Board.
The ₹484.45-crore Dedicated Water Supply Scheme (DWSS) task nether the AMRUT programme, which draws earthy h2o from Cauvery stream astatine Varadanallur successful Bhavani union, provides 135 litres per capita per time (LPCD) to the city’s residents. The TWAD Board commenced the task connected July 3, 2017, and 90% of the works are over. Currently, enactment is nether mode to supply 1.30 lakh location work connections. In a missive dated June 6, 2025, the TWAD Board asked the civic assemblage to instrumentality implicit attraction of the completed works, including the sumps astatine Suriyampalayam and VOC Park, and vessel operations.
A elder Corporation technologist said predominant breakages are reported successful the pipelines, portion motors often make snags, and the hold successful carrying retired repair works disrupts h2o supply, resulting successful a atrocious sanction for the civic body. The civic assemblage has decided to instrumentality up attraction of sump and vessel operations alone, portion a determination connected taking implicit the remaining operations volition beryllium made aft committee completes each the pending works. For operations and attraction of the tanks and motors, and to supply wages to vessel operators and information personnel, the civic assemblage requires ₹8.35 crore. Hence, support volition beryllium sought from the Director of Municipal Administration, aft which a tender volition beryllium floated, the technologist added.
