Foundation laid for drinking water project for Ooty medical college and hospital

Minister of Information and Publicity M.P. Saminathan inaugurated a task to supply drinking h2o to the Government Medical College and Hospital successful Udhagamandalam connected Thursday.

The task is to beryllium undertaken astatine a outgo of ₹27.25 crore by the Tamil Nadu Water Supply and Drainage Board (TWAD), the Minister said. At the event, Mr. Saminathan added that done the project, 1.7 cardinal litres of h2o volition beryllium supplied to the infirmary and assemblage each day.

Mr. Saminathan said that it was estimated that the aesculapian assemblage and infirmary would necessitate 0.79 cardinal litres of h2o each time for effectual functioning, and that astir of the proviso would beryllium from the dam astatine Thalakundha adjacent Muthanadu Mund. The h2o from the reservoir volition beryllium pumped done a h2o attraction plant, purified and stored successful retention tanks astatine the infirmary and aesculapian college.

Also contiguous were Chief Whip of the Government and Coonoor MLA K. Ramachandran, District Collector Lakshmi Bhavya Tanneeru, and Ooty MLA R. Ganesh.