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Water supply scheme to be over in 18 months

ATTUR: The Comprehensive Drinking Water Supply Scheme for Attur, Gengavalli and other nearby habitations is expected to be completed in 18 months.

The Rs. 141-crore scheme will ensure adequate and uninterrupted supply of Cauvery water to the people of Attur, Gengavalli, Vazhapadi and Panamarathupatti blocks.

The scheme will benefit 928 village habitations, 18 town panchayats and two municipalities.

Till today, these areas are inadequately served from the Salem-Attur Water Supply Scheme with Salem city enjoying the lion’s share in the distribution.

As the city’s population is expected to touch a staggering 10 lakh shortly, the need for a dedicated water scheme for the city has been felt. Accordingly the Salem Corporation has undertaken a new scheme for the city.

Once the Salem water supply scheme is completed, other towns such as Attur and Gengavalli will be getting adequate supply of Cauvery water from the existing scheme.

Tamil Nadu Government has decided to augment the Attur water supply scheme further at a cost of Rs.141 crore so that it could provide water to all the habitations and town panchayats in these pockets.

Disclosing this at a function here on Monday, Agriculture Minister Veerapandi S. Arumugam said that the water scheme would immensely benefit the people in the areas between Salem and Talavasal.

He said the government had been according utmost priority to the drinking water needs of the people apart from carrying out various welfare schemes such as Rs. 2 a kg rice, colour TVs, free lands, loan waivers for farmers, doles for unemployed educated youth and free LPG stoves.

Realising the importance of the role of panchayats in the development works, the government had recently brought out a legislation that prohibited unnecessary and motivated no-confidence motions against its leaders in first and last years in office.

This move will ensure the panchayats to function without any interruption.

Developments were taking place in almost all fronts in the State, he said and added that people should utilise these opportunities fully.

Collector N. Mathivanan; K. Rani, MP; M. R. Sundaram, R. Rajendran, and K. Chinnadurai, MLAs; district panchayat council chairman Shanmugam; PO, DRDA, Jegannathan; RDO Baskara Pandian; among others participated at the function.

The Minister inaugurated various development works at a cost of Rs 1.29 crore in Attur block.

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