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News Today, 20 August 2003

 

Telugu Ganga project to be over in two weeks

 

Water management policy for TN soon

 

NT Bureau

Chennai, Aug 20:

 

The State government has taken measures for an integrated

water management policy to tide over the drinking water scarcity.

The policy will cover areas such as water conservation, ground water

recharge and augmentation of ground water resources and control of

wastage of water, M C Sampath, Minister for Local Administration and

Urban Water Supply today said.

 

Inaugurating a two- day CII conference on 'Emerging Trends

and Technologies In Water - Conservation and Management, Sampath

said drinking water problem was a major challenge and the government

was trying to work out a comprehensive approach such as the Ground

Water Recharge and Rainwater Harvesting. The government also was

focusing on supplying potable drinking water in the rural areas at

40 liters per capita per day, he said.

 

In Tamilnadu, 90 per cent of the rural population and 70 per

cent of urban population get their drinking water from ground water

resources. In the recent years, failure of monsoon and deforestation

had led to shortage of ground water. He said Rainwater Harvesting

was the only source of recharge for replenishing the ground water

sources.

 

Earlier, A Ramakrishna, president and deputy managing

director, Larson and Toubro Ltd, in his keynote address, said the

Telugu Ganga Canal bringing Krishna water from Kandaleru in Andhra

Pradesh to Chennai was at an advanced stage where the lining and

upgrading of the 70 km of the 160- km canal was being completed. In

another two weeks, the rest of the work would be completed and

Tamilnadu would get around 12 tmc of water, he said.

 

The Satya Sai Baba Trust, which had sponsored the entire

Telugu Ganga Canal, was also showing interest in the Poondi-

Sholavaram Canal Project under which a large quantity of water can

be stored and used for various purposes, he said while seeking

government's intervention.

 

The government with the available technology can take up

recycling of water and can try better water management within the

State as also follow fast track water supply projects, Ramakrishna

said.

 

The two- day conference would discuss on policies required

for effective management and conservation of water, create an

awareness among corporate, policy- makers, planners and NGOs about

the impending water crises and to develop strategies to address

critical issues in water conservation and management.

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