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Work to laic a caller h2o pipeline betwixt Sathanur dam and Tiruvannamalai town, a region of 24 kms, to supply 135 litres per capita per time (LPCD) for each household successful Tiruvannamalai is nearing completion, bringing alleviation to hundreds of consumers successful the temple town.
Officials of Tiruvannamalai Corporation said the enactment is being done astatine ₹55.49 crore nether the Urban Infrastructure Development Scheme 2023-24. “Work connected the remaining 550 metres of h2o pipeline, particularly connected Thandrampattu Road, is being done. The full enactment volition beryllium completed this month. New pipelines volition forestall predominant tube bursts and h2o seepage,” S. Selva Balaji, Commissioner, Tiruvannamalai Corporation, told The Hindu
Along with Corporation and State Highways officials, Collector K. Tharpagaraj inspected ongoing h2o pipeline enactment successful the town. Corporation officials said that the existing h2o pipelines, which were laid galore years ago, are being replaced with caller pipelines connected the Tiruvannamalai - Aroor High Road, which is maintained by the State Highways. “The caller pipeline should beryllium commissioned soon to guarantee a regular h2o proviso to process tail-end areas successful the town. It volition besides assistance to forestall h2o contamination owed to pipeline leakage,” said B. Mahesh, a resident.
Corporation officials said that taking vantage of the widening of the existing two-lane Tiruvannamalai-Aroor High Road into 4 lanes, the civic assemblage decided to laic caller h2o pipelines to forestall road-breaking charges. Old h2o pipelines were laid astatine the centre of the stretch. As a result, caller h2o pipelines with much durability are being laid connected the utmost extremity of the agelong to forestall immoderate harm by vehicles.
Corporation officials said that arsenic against a request of 22 MLD of h2o per day, the civic assemblage manages to make lone 18 MLD of h2o per time for its 31,000 consumers. Transit nonaccomplishment owed to predominant tube bursts and depletion of h2o resources are reasons for the spread betwixt request and supply. The caller h2o pipelines volition guarantee regular h2o proviso to residents.
