Thiruverumbur wards to get direct drinking water supply soon
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Trichy: Nearly 10 years after a proposal to develop a separate drinking water supply scheme for added areas in Thiruverumbur in Trichy city was mooted, Trichy corporation conducted trial runs at the collector well to source drinking water for the project.
Thiruverumbur water supply improvement scheme (WSIS) will source drinking water from the Cauvery river to provide piped water connections to added wards in Thiruverumbur.
Proposed at 63.7 crore, Thiruverumbur WSIS mooted in 2016 has finally received a collector well near Kambarasampettai on the Cauvery river bank. For the past few days, corporation has been conducting trial runs to ascertain the quality of groundwater from the Cauvery riverbed.
"We will commission the drinking water project as early as possible. Unclear water sourced from the riverbed is being discharged back to the river. Overhead water tanks and installation of drinking water pipelines for the project were already completed," a senior corporation official said.
The collector well has the capacity to draw 27 million litres of water per day (MLD). Pipelines connecting the well were installed under trenchless methods without damaging the roads, officials added.
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Through the new pumping station, the water will be supplied to six peripheral wards 38 to 43.
Around 90,000 people in 18,000 households and commercial properties would get piped drinking water connections through the project. Thiruverumbur WSIS shall benefit erstwhile Thiruverumbur town panchayat and Pappakurichi, Ellakudi, Keela Kalkandarkottai, and Alathur village areas that were amalgamated with Trichy city in 2011. Officials said that opposition from a section of Srirangam residents and the Covid-19 pandemic had delayed the project's progress.
Thiruverumbur WSIS to progress:
Cost: Rs63.7 crore
Estimated water connections: 18,000
Beneficiary population: 90,000
Overhead water tanks: 9
Length of pipelines: 205km
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