MEENAD WATER SCHEME
The Japan International cooperation Agency (JICA) aided Rs295crore meenad drinking water scheme of the Kerala Water Authority (KWA) will be commissioned by Chief Minister during the first week of February,2011.The scheme will cover 12 grama panchayats and the Paravur Muncipal area in Kollam district. The eight panchayats and Paravur will be covered by the first phase of the scheme.The panchayats are Pooyapally,Veliyam,Mayyanad, Nedumpana,Adichanallur,Chirakara, Poothakulam and Chathannur.
More than five lakh persons stand to benefit from the scheme which covers an area of over 319 sq km. Water is being distributed to beneficiaries at the rate of 100 litres a person living panchayat areas and 150 liters a person living in paravur town.
The treatment plant has the capacity to purify and supply 73 million liters of water a day. The water for supply will be pumped to the balancing reservoir situated above the plant by two 275 HP pumbs.From there water will reach the entire coverage area by gravitational force,there by avoiding the use of electricity.
Two 970 HP pumbs at the intake station will pump water from Kallada River to the treatment plant situated 120 m above and 1.5 km away from the intake station.
The scheme has a transmission pipe net work of 80 km and a distribution pipe net work of 920 km. For a period of two years from its commissing
Prof.John Kurakar
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