Chief minister M K Stalin inaugurated a combined drinking water scheme for the people of the district and neighbouring Tirupur on Wednesday. Implemented at a cost of Rs 241 crore, the water for the project would be drawn from the Bhavani river.
While Stalin inaugurated the scheme through videoconferencing from Chennai, a small event was organized at the district collector office on the day in the presence of information and publicity minister M P Saminathan.
The minister said the project would meet the drinking water requirements of Annur and Mupperipalayam town panchayats and Sulur Airforce station in the district, and Avinashi town panchayat and 155 rural settlements in Palladam panchayat union in Tirupur district.