Work on giving drinking water connection to houses commences in Thisaiyanvilai
As the drinking water project, being implemented on an outlay of ₹423.13 crore for benefiting the residents of Kalakkad municipality and Ervadi, Thirukkurungudi , Nanguneri, Panagudi, Moolaikaraipatti, Thisaiyanvilai and Valliyoor town panchayats, is nearing completion, work on giving drinking water connections to the houses has started.
'Since 70% of this drinking water project has been completed, we hope that the beneficiary families will start getting drinking water from October this year,' Mr. Appavu said after inaugurating the work at Thisaiyanvilai in his Radhapuram Assembly constituency.
Followed by Thisaiyanvilai, the drinking water connection work will be started in other six town panchayats and Kalakkad municipality shortly. Each resident is likely to get 135 litres of drinking water a day from this project, he said.
'Since the trial run for drinking water supply to the houses will commence very shortly, we'll repair the roads damaged in the drinking water pipe laying work after the commissioning of the scheme,' the Speaker said.
He appealed to the public to make use of the 'Ungaludan Stalin' for redressing their long-standing grievances and screen their health by visiting the 'Nalam Kaakkum Stalin' medical camps.
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