Chennai:
Nearly 7,500
homes in Nolambur and Karambakkam will be getting piped water under the Rs
452.77 crore Comprehensive
Water Supply and Sewerage Scheme, implemented in the newly added areas of
Chennai Corporation, in the next two years.
Metro Water sources said that
Nolambur and Karambakkam are part of the nine areas where the comprehensive
water schemes will be implemented in the next two years. Other areas, which
will be covered under the scheme, include Injambakkam, Sholinganallur,
Karapakkam, Ramapuram, Okkium-Thoraipakkam, Nandambakkam and Manapakkam.
Under the scheme in Nolambur,
plans are on to provide water connections to 2,959 houses. Currently, the
existing water supply system in Nolambur is maintained by extracting water from
nine wells as well as few deep bore wells at the rate of 40 litres per capita per day (lpcd).
“The proposal contains providing feeder main and distribution system using
ductile iron pipesranging from 1000 millimeter to 450 millimeter size for a
total length of 40,279 metres and construction of overhead tank with 18 lakh
litre capacity,” a Metro Water spokesman said.
In Karambakkam, it is proposed to provide 4,568 service
connections by constructing an overhead tank with 25 lakh litres capacity and
underground tank with five lakh litres capacity. Currently, water is supplied
through these areas by extracting ground water from various borewells at the
rate of 95lpcd. “The total estimated cost for Nolambur and Karambakkam projects
is 38.56 crore and it would benefit nearly 50,000 residents,” the Metro Water
spokesman said.
Similarly, under the project, the
government is also planning to implement sewerage scheme that will cover
Kathivakkam, Sholinganallur, Karapakkam and Ramapuram.
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