Lakhs of liters of drinking water wasted in Tambaram
Drinking water from the Palar River was wasted on Saturday
following the failure of a valve. Much to the delight of the residents of the
Mudichur Road in Tambaram, water started gushing out of a pipe on Saturday
afternoon. This resulted in the roads getting flooded and also the sludge
cleared from the sewage pipes. The pipe was connected to the underground valve
and main distribution pipeline.
An
official from Metro Water said, ‘Ground-level
service reservoirs were under construction on Tiruneermalai Road and Mudichur
Road to increase the capacity for storage of polar water meant to supply to
residents. We were carrying out tests on Saturday to ascertain if water from
the main distribution lines reached the sumps. However, failure of a valve on
the distribution network had caused the reverse flow and water begun to flow
out of the pipe at Madhanapuram. The wastage was arrested in the evening.’
