Date:22/02/2006 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2006/02/22/stories/2006022221200100.htm

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Corporation begins efforts to implement Pilloor second phase

K.V. Prasad

City to get additional 60 million litres of water a day "The city is growing and we will need more water as multi-storeyed housing complexes are on the rise," the Mayor said

Technical committee clears the scheme and the final clearance to come soon The Corporation will seek 50 per cent grant from the Central Government and 20 per cent from the State Government under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission It will cover the scarcity-hit Palladam Municipality and 23 special village panchayats southeast and east of the city and also 965 wayside habitations

Coimbatore: The Coimbatore Corporation has begun efforts to implement the Pilloor Second Phase drinking water scheme, pending for more than five years. The State Government's technical committee has cleared the scheme and the final clearance may come soon, the Mayor, T. Malaravan, said on Tuesday.

The good news is the city will get an additional 61.84 million litres a day. It already gets 65.97 mld from the first phase (the source is the Pilloor dam) and 85 mld from the Siruvani scheme.

The second scheme can supply 96.74 mld in 2021 and has an ultimate capacity of 139 mld supply for the city.

The Corporation will seek 50 per cent grant from the Central Government and 20 per cent from the State Government under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM).

Centage charge

Of the total project cost of Rs.172 crores, the Corporation's share is Rs.76.37 crores - for supply of 61.84 million litres a day. If the grants are sanctioned, the Corporation needs to spend only Rs.22.90 crores.

The centage charge (for laying the main line over 34 km from the dam to the city) has been reduced from 18 per cent to eight per cent.

Cost cut

This has cut the cost from Rs.110 crores to Rs.76.73 crores for the Corporation.

The scheme will also cover the scarcity-hit Palladam Municipality and 23 special village panchayats south east and east of the city and also 965 wayside habitations (villages on either side of the main supply line).

The new scheme aims to provide 135 litres per capita per day (lpcd) to the city, 90 to Palladam, 70 to the special panchayats and 40 to the wayside habitations.

It has been designed mainly to provide additional supply to the city considering the pace of growth.

`City is growing'

"The city is growing and we will need more water as multi-storeyed housing complexes are on the rise," the Mayor said after discussing the implementation of the scheme with councillors, Tamil Nadu Water Supply and Drainage Board and Corporation officials.