THANJAVUR
Drinking water supply under Thanjavur Corporation limits would be augmented under a new scheme to be executed under the Smart City Mission. The foundation stone for the project was laid on Saturday.
Currently, about 120.55 lakh litres of water is supplied to both domestic and commercial consumers in the town daily and the supply will be increased by around 10 lakh litres per day once the augmentation project is completed.
A sump with a storage capacity of 11 lakh litres would be constructed at the Water Supply Headwork station on the banks of Vennar river at Palliagraharam with other supporting facilities at a cost of ₹191.74 crore.
Water drawn from collector wells of the Thanjavur drinking water supply system at Kollidam riverbed and other deep bore wells would be stored at this sump and distributed equally to all the drinking water supply zones.
An underground sewage work worth ₹93.68 crore, a bio-mining project at an estimated cost of ₹15.43 crore, solid waste management works and bio-manure manufacturing activity at a cost of ₹13 crore and conversion of street lights into smart street lights at a cost of ₹7.30 crore and installation of solar power generation panels on government buildings would also be taken up in Thanjavur under the smart city project.
A sum of ₹454.86 crores would be spent on taking up 18 projects, including those mentioned above under the smart city mission, according to the Agriculture Minister, R. Doraikkannu, who laid the foundation stone on the Water Supply Headwork Station premises. All these works were expected to be completed by 2021 and dedicated to the town, sources said.
Collector A.Annadurai, Rajya Sabha MP R.Vaithilingam, Thanjavur MP K.Parsuraman and others participated.
