more-inTo tide over the water crisis, the Tiruchi Corporation has embarked upon an emergency plan to augment water supply. Sinking of new bore wells, deepening of existing bore wells, rehabilitation of hand pumps and crack down on illegal tapping of drinking water form part of the plan. The meeting took stock of the impact of alternative day water supply, which was introduced from the third week of July. There were 1,764 public bore wells in different parts of the city to supply water for other than drinking purposes. The emergency plan would be helpful to reduce the water demand to an extent, Mr. Ravichandran said.

Source: The Hindu July 26, 2017 03:11 UTC