The Coimbatore Corporation and TWAD Board will implement a ₹1,018 crore water supply project to take care of city’s needs. | Photo Credit: S. SIVA SARAVANANmore-inThe State Government will implement a drinking water supply project at ₹1,018 crore to take care of the city’s needs for the next several years. It would then convey the treated water to a pumping station near Kattan hillock to store the water in a 73 lakh litre sump. From there, it would distribute the water to six over-head tanks at one each a zone after dividing the Corporation in to six water supply zones. From there the Board would handover the water distribution to the Corporation, which would use its existing distribution network.

Source: The Hindu December 16, 2017 02:03 UTC