Chennai water crisis: Government forms zonal-level monitoring teams in city

Chennai | Tuesday | 18th June, 2019

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The team will consist of one superintending engineer and one executive engineer for each of the 15 zones (divided by the city corporation) in the city. “Corporation and Metro Water officials working on issues related to water supply in all 200 wards, will be monitored by their superiors through this app. In the last three years, a total of Rs 15,838 crore has been set aside by the state government for various ongoing water supply augmentation projects. “Through the Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (AMRUT) scheme alone,18 works regarding water supply are being carried out at the cost of Rs 6,496 crore. Take up rainwater harvesting: RamadossChennai: The PMK has urged to take up rainwater harvesting to tackle water crisis..