Communitys role helps people to get good water

  • 26/08/2009

  • Hindu (Chennai)

K. Raju Swajaldhara project a big success in Kovilur Panchayat DINDIGUL: Despite implementation of three drinking water projects, including the Rs.100-crore combined Cauvery drinking water scheme, the Dindigul municipality is not able to supply water to all its residents even once in six days. In some areas, residents get water only once in 12 days. But, all the 2,150 residents of at K. Ramanathapuram village, at Kovilur Panchayat in Vedasandur union, have been getting high quality drinking water on a par with packaged water every day without any disruption, thanks to the effective community participation and implementation of Swajaldhara project of the Central government. Above all, they do not mind paying for the quality drinking water. This remote village has two bore well sources and an overhead tank. But the poor quality of ground water is neither fit for consumption nor cooking. It affects the people