Water supply in city set to resume today

T'puram: The water supply that has been disrupted for the past several days in the city will be resumed on Sunday. The decision was made during a meeting chaired by general education minister V Sivankutty with the authorities concerned.The water supply has been completely disrupted in 33 corporation wards and partially disrupted in 11 corporation wards due to the replacement of 500 mm and 700 mm pipes as part of the Thiruvananthapuram-Kanyakumari railway line doubling project.Meanwhile, interconnection works to restore water supply in Vazhuthacaud and Thycaud wards, which were affected by works under the Kerala Road Fund Board project, will be completed by Sept 12. Until then, the city corporation will continue distributing tanker water in these areas. The other decisions made during the meeting include Kerala Water Authority (KWA) deploying 10 more tankers in addition to the corporation's tankers during the Onam holidays in these areas to supply water.Currently, 14 tankers are being deployed to distribute drinking water in the city. To ensure the efficient operation of the tankers, water will be provided from five vending points of KWA. It was decided at the meeting that steps will also be expedited to obtain cabinet approval for the work contract under the Amrit II project to address the severe drinking water shortage in the Kazhakkoottam area. Swift actions will be taken to secure approval for the Rs 1,000 crore project prepared by the corporation to ensure the future drinking water needs of the city under the ADB loan scheme.The meeting was attended by MLAs Kadakampally Surendran, Antony Raju, V K Prasanth, mayor Arya Rajendran, sub-collector Alfred, ADM Vineeth, KWA Joint MD Binu Francis, corporation councillors Kleines Rosario, Rakhi Ravikumar, Sujadevi, corporation secretary M Jahangir, Smart City general manager Krishnakumar, KRFB executive engineer Jayaraj, and officials from various departments.In the recent weeks, numerous pipe bursts across the city have caused drinking water shortages at various places, with the residents of Jawahar Nagar, Medical College, and Sreekariyam being the worst affected. The majority of consumers have no choice but to order drinking water using the 'Smart Trivandrum' app.Depending on their requirements, consumers had booked water under the tanker service in quantities of 2,500 litres (nearly Rs 1,800), 5,000 litres (nearly Rs 2,400), 11,000 litres (nearly Rs 3,800), and 20,000 litres (nearly Rs 4,800). On Friday, the residents of Vazhuthacaud had staged a protest in front of the KWA office at Vellayambalam demanding the restoration of the drinking water supply disrupted due to Smart City road works.
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