Complaints of drinking water scarcity have begun to resurface in Manapparai and neighbouring villages.
The Manapparai municipality, which has no local sources, solely depends on the Tamil Nadu Water Supply and Drainage Board (TWAD) for drinking water. The town gets water supply from the Cauvery riverbed at Manathattai in Kulithalai taluk in Karur district. In addition to Manapparai, the TWAD takes care of supplying water to about 50 wayside habitations from Manathattai. The pump house has an installed capacity of 3.05 million litres daily (MLD).
Residents complaint that they get water supply only once in three to five days. The residents have to wait for many days recently due to disruption in the pumping. The civic body managed the situation by supplying drinking water through private tankers. Though there are some improvements in the water supply in the recent past, it is said that the civic body continued to face constrain in ensuring smooth supply of water.
