Trial run of JICA-aided water project under way.

The trial run of transmission of drinking water under the multi-crore Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA)-assisted drinking water project is under way.

Project Director K.G. Harshan recently said on-ground checking of the main transmission lines across 23 km till Balussery had been completed. 'We are in the final stages of the project,' he said. However, on the flipside, the drinking water project will not benefit domestic users this summer as the checking of mainlines would be tentatively completed only by May 30.

The Rs. 805.6-crore project, set to provide 174 MLD (million litres per day) water from the Peruvannamuzhi reservoir, is expected to benefit 13 lakh people and provide over 1 lakh domestic connections for consumers across 13 panchayats in the district.


THE HINDU