Work to lay pipeline from Chembarambakkam water treatment plant will be accelerated, say Metrowater Managing Director

Fresh tenders have been called to carry out the project in the remaining distance of nearly 1.7 km.

The long-pending work to lay the pipeline to distribute water from the Chembarambakkam water treatment plant would be accelerated and completed by August 2022, Metrowater’s Managing Director C. Vijayaraj Kumar said on Saturday. A press release said Mr. Vijayaraj Kumar inspected the sites along Poonamallee High Road, where pipeline laying work would be taken up and instructed officials to speed up the work to supply water from the Chembarambakkam plant with a capacity to treat 530 million litres a day (mld). The project to lay the pipeline that would distribute water to different parts of the city and southern suburbs was started in 2013. However, the contract was cancelled in March 2019, owing to a delay in the project.