Chennai to get its fifth reservoir soon
Posted on: 22/Jul/2013 3:07:43 PM
Now Chennaites can rejoice because a fifth reservoir will soon be created to store and supply drinking water to Chennai. Work to create the proposed reservoir by linking two water bodies in Kannankottai and Thervoy Kandigai in Gummidipundi taluk is likely to begin in mid-August. The water resources department plans to take up the much-awaited Rs. 330 crores-projects in the 894 acres of land available. Of the total 1,495 acres of land required for the project, nearly 633.67 acres are government Poramboku land, 55 acres are reserve forest area and remaining is private land.
The new reservoir, with a water spread area of 1,100 acres, would store Krishna water from Andhra Pradesh, apart from its catchment areas.
Water is being drawn now from four reservoirs in Poondi, Cholavaram, Red Hills and Chembarambakkam.
