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Stating that a terrible h2o shortage looms in the Perundurai Assembly constituency, Perundurai MLA S. Jayakumar has urged the territory medication to instrumentality urgent steps to guarantee a regular proviso of drinking water.
In a petition submitted to the territory medication present connected Tuesday (February 10, 2026), the MLA stressed the request to modulate drinking h2o proviso successful Perundurai Municipality, Karumandichellipalayam Town Panchayat, and the panchayat unions of Perundurai and Chennimalai. He said the Tamil Nadu Water Supply and Drainage Board had identified groundwater sources successful six panchayats nether the Chennimalai Panchayat Union arsenic unfit for consumption. He called for alternate sources to beryllium utilised to guarantee uninterrupted drinking h2o supply.
The MLA besides sought continuous proviso to implicit 200 overhead tanks functioning nether the Kodiveri Combined Water Supply Scheme and emphasised due attraction of the infrastructure. He highlighted the request for regular outgo of salaries to vessel operators to forestall disruption successful h2o distribution.
In different petition, the MLA said prolonged mediocre rainfall implicit the past 3 decades had led to terrible depletion of groundwater sources, resulting successful waterbodies astatine Nichampalayam panchayat drying up. He said the concern had affected some drinking h2o availability and h2o for cattle.
He said a impermanent borewell had been established adjacent a temple and a one-km pipeline laid to payment astir 500 acres. Funds were allocated nether the MLA Local Area Development Fund and a proceedings tally had been completed. He urged the medication to excavation further borewells connected patta lands and guarantee h2o proviso by refilling waterbodies.
