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Friday, January 08, 2010 - 04.45 GMT |
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Safe water for
thousands in Ampara |
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The
Government
and
UNICEF
commissioned
a new
water
supply
scheme
of 1.66
billion
rupees
in
Ampara
District
yesterday
(Jan 7).
The
Thirukkovil
Water
treatment
plant
will
provide
safe
drinking
water to
38,000
people
in the
Thirukkovil
area.
“This
project
will
increase
the
water
coverage
from 58
to 90
per cent
in this
region,
greatly
improving
the
quality
of life
for the
people’’
said the
Minister
of Water
Supply
and
Drainage,
Al-Haj
Athaullah
at the
opening
ceremony.
The
Thirukkovil
supply
scheme
has the
capacity
to
supply
6,500
cubic
meters
of fully
treated
drinking
water to
the
Thirukkovil
Divisional
Secretariat
area and
suburbs.
Before
this
project
there
was no
reliable
safe
water
supply
in the
area.
Communities
were
depending
on
dugwells
and
other
sources
of
water.
The main
components
of the
new
project
include
Sagamam
Water
Intake,
consisting
pump
house,
generator
room,
and
suction
chamber,
Thirukkovil
Treatment
Plant
consisting
the
aerator,
sedimentator,
laboratory,
sludge
disposal
system,
and
Thamaraikulm
site
consisting
a 500
cubic
meter
tank for
storing
the
treated
water,
generator
room,
pump
house
and a
2.7km
pipeline
connection.
The
scheme
will
distribute
water to
communities
in
Thirukkovil,
Mandanai,
Thambiluvil,
Kudinilathidal,
Vinayagapuram,
Thamaraikulam,
Sangamamgramam
and
Sagamankandy
areas.
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