Talks with Kerala CM on Siruvani dam issue - Minister K N Nehru

298 MLD of water inflow is to come, but only 214 MLD has come. Pillur-1 receives 27 MLD of water, Pillur 2 has 105 MLD and Aliyar has 8 MLD. In Siruvani, instead of 98 MLD, only 68 MLD has come up.



Coimbatore: Ministers K N Nehru and Muthusamy participated in a function to inaugurate the completed works in municipal administration and water supply department, corporations and town panchayats in Coimbatore district, inaugurate new works and distribute welfare assistance at the VOC ground.



Inauguration of completed works, inauguration of new works and distribution of welfare assistance in Municipal Administration and Water Supply Department, Corporation and Town Panchayats of Coimbatore District was held at V.O.C. Grounds, Coimbatore.



Tamil Nadu Municipal Administration and Water Supply Minister K N Nehru and Tamil Nadu Housing and Urban Development Minister Muthusamy attended the function and inaugurated 27 unfinished works at an estimated cost of Rs 11.8 crore for the use of the public. A total of Rs.110.68 crore was sanctioned by laying the foundation stone for 558 new schemes at a cost of Rs.67.48 crore and 703 beneficiaries at a cost of Rs.32.12 crore.

Following this, Minister Muthusamy said: In Coimbatore district, the work is going on well. The authorities are asking for the work to be done. Our Municipal Minister K.N. Nehru is presenting the projects he asks for by looking at the financial situation. The Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu is scheduled to visit Coimbatore on 22nd and 23rd September. A regional review meeting will be held in Coimbatore, he said.

Following this, Minister K N Nehru said:



As per the chief minister's order, Rs 200 crore has been allocated for Coimbatore and the works including roads are in progress and Coimbatore has the best drinking water in the world. 298 MLD of water inflow is to come, but only 214 MLD has come. Pillur-1 receives 27 MLD of water, Pillur 2 has 105 MLD and Aliyar has 8 MLD. In Siruvani, instead of 98 MLD, only 68 MLD has come up. 386 MLD should come. Pillur Third Drinking Water Project is about to be completed. The task is only one kilometre away.

This work will be completed soon. In the first week of October, 178 MLD of purified drinking water will arrive. With this, drinking water will come daily. Talks are underway with the Chief Minister of Kerala regarding the Siruvani dam. As far as Coimbatore city is concerned, the work of new construction of all roads is in progress. If you mention which road is bad roads, we will look into it. We have allocated funds for a total of 680 km of road works in Coimbatore. We are going to conduct an inspection in Coimbatore Corporation. The question about the Uttar Pradesh godman? Is it possible to do whatever the swami says? Udhayanidhi himself replied to this. "Whether we name India 'Bharat' or 'India', we will say 'Union Government'," he said.



District Collector Kranthi kumar Pati, Municipal Administration Principal Secretary Karthikeyan, Town Panchayats Director Kiran Kurala, Mayor Kalpana, Corporation Commissioner Prathap, Deputy Mayor Vetrichelvan, MPs Shanmugasundaram, B R Natarajan, DMK District Secretaries Na Karthik, Thondamuthur Ravi, Thalapathy Murugesan, zonal presidents, standing committee presidents, councillors and others were present on the occasion.

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