Water supply given priority in State: Stalin

By Our Staff Reporter

ERODE, MAY 14. The Chennai Mayor, Mr. M. K. Stalin, has said water supply was given priority in the State.

Inaugurating an overhead tank at Sathyamangalam on Saturday night, Mr. Stalin said though the Government was providing water to all areas, the demand for the water was high. He assured that all people would be provided with sufficient drinking water.

The Mayor said Sathyamangalam was a medium town, where the water supply scheme was implemented in 1966. Now the demand for water was high and so at a total cost of Rs 420 lakhs, a water supply scheme had been implemented. Already an overhead tank at a cost of Rs 64 lakhs had been built. Now to store 15 lakh litres of water an overhead tank had been constructed. He said daily 110 litres of water would be supplied.

He said five municipalities and 52 town panchayats were functioning in Erode district, of this three municipalities and 24 town panchayats were having pucca water supply schemes.

He said after the elections to the local bodies, several rural developmental works were carried out in the district.

Mr. Stalin said various welfare schemes were being executed through the social welfare department. He lauded the Erode district for proper implementation of Government sponsored schemes.

Mr N. K. K. Periyasamy, Handloom Minister, said Bhavani river was meeting the drinking water and irrigational needs of the district. He said over sixty lakh people in Erode and Karur districts were using the Bhavani river water. Over three lakh acres of lands were getting water supply for irrigation. He sought the cooperation of officials and public in keeping the Bhavani river clean.

He said desilting of canals were being done in the district. The LBP, Kalingarayan, Thadapalli and Arakkankottai channels were cleaned and now the water was flowing freely. He lauded the district administration for implementing the Government schemes properly.

Mr Anthiyur P. Selvarasu, Khadi Minister, said Erode district was doing well by implementing various schemes.

Mr S. Karuthiah Pandian, District Collector, said in Erode district over Rs 50 crore worth works were executed. He claimed that the district was standing first in the implementation of Government schemes.

Regarding the implementation of the 20-point programme, for the second year in succession the district was standing first in the State. For the empowerment of women, self help groups were started and so far 410 such groups had been formed, of this 138 were having more than Rs 2 crore fund. Further Rs three crores had been granted to 368 youths as Khadi and village industries marginal money for starting industries.

The Collector said the Government had sanctioned Rs 50 crores for the desilting of various canals in the district. Of this Rs. 20 crores had been sanctioned and the would be given in the coming years. He said for modernising the LBP canal, a scheme had been prepared at a cost of Rs 800 crores and was sent to Government for approval.

The Collector announced that an Industrial Growth centre would be set up at a cost of Rs 110 crores and a turmeric complex at a cost of Rs 20 crores at Perundurai SIPCOT complex soon. The Collector also said the Integrated Tribal Development Programme would be implemented at Hasanure in Thalawadi hill area where 30,000 tribes would be given all basic amenities.

The Collector said total sanitation programme would be implemented at a cost of Rs 36 lakhs in Erode district. He said the district administration was conducting mini mass contact days and also sending officials to villages to redress the grievances of people.

Mr A. M. Kasi Viswanathan, Managing Director, Tamilnadu Water Supply and Drainage Board, said the Government had planned to spend Rs 842 crores this year for water supply, of this Erode district would have new schemes.

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