After a successful 89-day service to ease the city’s water woes, the water wagons plying from Jolarpettai in Vellore to Villivakkam in Chennai made their final run Tuesday. AdvertisingSpeaking to Indianexpress.com, senior officials from the Southern Railway said the water wagons had supplied the city with 44,500 million litres of water a day (MLD) ending on October 8. “Two water wagons, consisting of 50 wagons each, had been deployed to supply 500 MLD of water to the city. Advertising“Close to 30 people from the Southern Railway working in two shifts were involved in coordinating the water wagons everyday,” he said. Speaking about the cost incurred for the same, the official said that Southern Railway had collected Rs 12 crore so far, with Metrowater paying Rs 8.60 lakh per train.

Source: Indian Express October 09, 2019 11:03 UTC