Additional dam near Athoor Kamarajar reservoir, one of the prime drinking water sources to Dindigul and 17 wayside villages will be ready by September.
Briefing about the ongoing project to Tamil Nadu Assembly Estimates Committee led by Chairman P.M. Narasimhan during its visit to the dam here on Thursday, the corporation officials said that 87 per cent of work was over.
The construction of 1,530-metre-long bund was in progress. Rock stones were being laid on the slopes of the bunds to strengthen the bund and prevent soil erosion. A total of ₹15.20 crore had been spent so far. The corporation would complete the project by September against the scheduled time in December.
“With removal of silt from Athoor main dam, we would be able to store 714 million litres of water in addition to the existing storage level. On completion of this project, the Dindigul Corporation would enhance drinking water supply to 135 litres a day from 75 litres a day per person,” the Corporation officials said.
The State government had sanctioned ₹18 crore and the municipality shared ₹2 crore for the project.
Of the total 398 acres of land available on the southern side of Athoor dam, the additional dam was developed in 40 acres to store 890 million litres, they added.
At Dindigul Government Headquarters Hospital, doctors appealed to the committee to improve infrastructure and provide more equipment and specialists as the hospital has been handling patients on par with medical college hospitals.
They also demanded common laundry and sick room for nurses.
Gynaecologists appealed to the team to provide at least four more gynaecologists as they handled 500 to 550 deliveries a month, at the rate of at least 20 deliveries a day.
At present, the GH has six gynaecologists only. Besides, family planning surgeries and caesarean cases were also done. The hospital has been treating 2,500 patients a day.
The doctors prevailed upon the committee members to provide cardiologists, neurologists and more dialysis equipment.
Later, committee members questioned about the availability of protected drinking water and master health check up. They also wanted to know whether the hospital has RO plant to provide purified water to patients.
Earlier, the committee inspected an Anganwadi Centre at Chithiayankottai and renovation of Big Tank in Balakrishnapuram.
Collector T.G. explained to the members about the effective private-public participation in renovating major tanks and supply channels and cooperation of business community.
