Technical glitches in SCADA system being addressed to streamline drinking water supply
Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) system installed in the Corporation for streamlining drinking water distribution is being streamlined by addressing the technical glitches.
When chairman of Palayamkottai Zone of Tirunelveli Corporation M. Francis wanted to know the fate of SCADA system, at the cost of ₹46 crore, in the council meeting held on Thursday. Superintending Engineer Kannan said this sensor-based system was installed in the Corporation to improve pumping of drinking water from the pumping stations and distribution.
While 57 of the 102 sensors in SCADA system were receiving and transmitting signals properly, others did not due to lightening and accumulation of sediments being pumped along with drinking water from the wells, sunk in the Tamirabharani. Hence, the supplier, who was maintaining the system, had been asked to address this technical glitch.
'The supplier has applied a solution on trial basis in two spots, for which the Corporation need not pay anything. Since SCADA system is yet to become fully operational due to unforeseen technical issues, the entire amount intended for this project has not been given to the supplier. So, the contract firm will address all these issues to our satisfaction and hand it over to us,' Mr. Kannan said.
When Mr. Francis wanted to know about the progress of Murappanadu drinking water scheme, Commissioner N.O. Sukhaputra said the technical feasibility study for sinking an infiltration well at the right point in the Tamirabharani was going on as the Thoothukudi Corporation, which had sunk its infiltration well in the same area, was not happy with the spot selected for this scheme.
'Hence, we've identified another area in the river for sinking the well,' Dr. Sukhaputra said.
When chairperson of Tirunelveli Zone Maheshwari complained about damage caused to roads and drainage channels in her zone after the stretches were dug for laying underground drainage (UGD) pipes long back, Mr. Kannan said ₹11.36 crore had been earmarked for repairing the damaged drainage channels and ₹10 crore had been allotted for each zone for relaying the roads.
'A total of 436-km-long roads had been damaged due to the UGD work. We will repair them soon,' he added.
As councillor Gokila Vani of ward 12 urged the officials to take effective steps to control stray dog menace, several others backed her, saying the public were facing a serious threat from the stray dogs.
'If you continue to remain silent on this serious issue, the upcoming holidays will become a nightmare for our children,' Ms. Gokila Vani warned.
The officials said animal birth control exercise would be in place from May 10, but the reply did not satisfy the councillors.
When Ms. Gokila Vani asked why the construction of the primary health centre at Selvi Nagar was delayed, Dr. Sukhaputra instructed the Executive Engineer to visit the spot and resume the work immediately.
The council meeting condoled the demise of Pope Francis and expressed anguish over the killing of 28 persons in Pahalgham.
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