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Chennai is one of the metros in India that are dependent mostly on ground water supply. Ground water in Chennai is replenished by rain water and average rainfall in Chennai is 1276 mm. [1] Chennai receives about 985 million liters per day (mld) from various sources against the required amount of 1200 mld and the demand is expected to rise to ...
The Government of Tamil Nadu constituted, the Tamilnadu Water Supply and Drainage (TWAD) Board as a non-statutory body during 1969. Statutory status was given to the Board with effect from 14.4.1971 by an enactment passed by the Tamil Nadu State Legislature.
The treated water is then pumped at a distance of 8 km to break pressure tank at Kadampuliyur through 1,750 mm diameter mild steel pipe, [25] from where the water is conveyed to a distance of about 230 km [26] through the mild steel pipe of 1,875 mm and 1,500 mm dia by gravity to Porur water distribution station in Chennai. [25]
Chennai Corporation, which was established on 29 September 1688, is the oldest corporation in India and is the second oldest in the world after London. [2] Madurai Municipal Corporation was established in 1971 and Coimbatore Municipal Corporation in 1981. Three more were established in 1994 and the count remained at six till 2007.
15 Zones of the Chennai Corporation after expansion The city of Chennai in Tamil Nadu, India, is managed by the Corporation of Chennai. Established as Madras Corporation in 1688, it is the oldest municipal body in India. It is headed by a mayor, who presides over 200 councillors each of whom represents a ward. The current mayor of Chennai was elected on 4 March 2022. Prior to its expansion in ...
Greater Chennai Corporation (GCC) [2] is a local government for the City of Chennai in the Chennai Metropolitan Area of Tamil Nadu, India.Inaugurated on 29 September 1688, under a royal charter issued by King James II of England on 30 December 1687 as the Corporation of Madras, it is the oldest municipal body of the Commonwealth of Nations outside Great Britain.
Veeranarayanapuram Lake also Known as Veeranam Lake [2] is located 14 km (8.7 mi) SSW in Cuddalore district in the state of Tamil Nadu in South India 1 km (0.62 mi) from Kattumannarkoil. It is located 235 km (146 mi) from Chennai, India. It is one of the water reservoirs from where water is supplied to Chennai city. The lake has a capacity to ...
Chennai Metro Water said that Poondi is getting an inflow of over 6,000 cusecs of water from Kosasthalaiyar river on 17 November 2015. [7] On 1 December 2015 the northeast monsoon brought heavy rainfall of 40 mm and causing the inflow of 34,887 ( cusecs ) and outflow of 36,484 ( cusecs ), which was the highest inflow and outflow of water ever ...