With a view to meet the growing drinking water requirements of Chennai and its suburbs, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa announced creating a reservoir in the nearby Tiruvallur district at a cost of Rs 330 crore besides announcing a slew of other water schemes.
She has directed that Kannankottai and Thervoykandigai lakes in the neighbouring district be linked and a reservoir created to store one tmc ft of water, a government release said.
The project was necessitated in the wake of expanding boundaries of Chennai and the drinking water requirements within, the release said.
Chennai’s drinking water requirement is met from reservoirs at Poondi, Cholavaram, Redhills and Chembarambakkam.
Ms. Jayalalithaa also sanctioned a sum of Rs 11.49 crore towards various groundwater rejuvenation schemes and projects across the State.
