Groundwater in 25 villages in Chennimalai polluted: TWAD
Social activists blamed the discharge of untreated sewage from the factories of the SIPCOT complex in Perundurai for the water pollution.
Collector S Kandasamy told TNIE that the affected villages are already being provided with river water through joint drinking water projects and the Common Effluent Treatment Plant (CETP) to be built by the government will solve the issue.
Amid public complaints on the pollution, the TWAD has sent a letter, dated March 7, to the Chennimalai Block Development Officer (BDO) confirming water pollution.
Water samples were collected from 37 locations in Mukasi Pidariyur, Vaipadi, Varapalayam, and Ingur village panchayats under the Chennimalai block and tested in the laboratory, the letter states.
The tests revealed that the groundwater in those locations is not suitable for drinking. Therefore, notice boards should be placed at these places and steps should be taken to prevent electric motors from being operated. Also, the public should use only the drinking water provided through the joint drinking water schemes in those areas, the letter further states.
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