Tirunelveli Corporation Commissioner inspects drinking water pumping stations

Corporation Commissioner Monika Rana on Saturday inspected a pumping station, allied overhead tanks and distribution systems here to ascertain the quantum of drinking water being supplied to consumers.

The inspection comes after the Corporation Council meeting on Friday witnessed a barrage of complaints from Councillors about poor supply of drinking water to residents in their wards,

Dr. Monika visited the Suththmalli drinking water pumping station, a major supply system of Tirunelveli Corporation, and asked officials to clear the sand that had accumulated around three of the eight infiltration wells, preventing effective percolation of water into the wells.

She also inspected the SCADA (Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition) system monitoring the quantity of water being pumped from the infiltration wells to overhead tanks located in southern parts of the city.