T.N. govt. will take steps to expedite drinking water project work in Palani: Minister

K.N. Nehru. File
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Minister for Municipal Administration and Water Supply K.N. Nehru on Wednesday (April 23, 2024) informed the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly that the State government will expedite measures to complete the pending work on the drinking water supply project in Palani Municipality.

He was responding to a calling attention motion moved by MLAs I.P. Senthil Kumar, V.P. Nagaimaali, and M. Chinnadurai, who sought his intervention to expedite the ongoing drinking water supply project in Palani, one of the six abodes of Lord Murugan.

The Minister said in Palani Municipality, under the State Finance Commission Incentive Fund 2023-24, work is being carried out at an estimated cost of ₹18.59 crore for the installation of additional water purification infrastructure at the municipality’s summer water reservoir and for laying pipelines to pump water from the main reservoir to the overhead water tank located at the foothills.

As part of the drinking water scheme, a 450-mm diameter drinking water pipeline needs to be laid for a distance of 800 metres along the ‘Girivalam’ path. However, based on a request from the Devasthanam to make alternate arrangements for laying the pipeline in that area, a survey was conducted and it was decided to route the drinking water pipeline along the inner side of the retaining wall situated on the outer part of the Girivala Veethi road.

The State government will take expeditious steps to complete the pending work, he added.