The Tamil Nadu Water Supply and Drainage (TWAD) Board has taken up a scheme to replace old pipelines in Manapparai Municipality limits.
Manapparai Municipality receives water supply from the Cauvery at Manathattai in Kulithalai taluk in Karur district. The TWAD Board, which has been tasked with the responsibility of supplying water to the Manapparai Municipality, also provides water supply to about 50 wayside habitations from Manathattai. The pump house has an installed capacity of 3.05 million litres daily (MLD).
According to sources, the TWAD Board could not use the full capacity of the Manathattai scheme. It is supplying around 1.8 MLD, thereby leading to a short supply of drinking water to the municipality and wayside habitations. Moreover, frequent bursts on drinking water pipes have contributed to the shortage of water the municipality, which has a population of 46,000. Except for a few areas, most parts of the town are supplied with Cauvery water once in three days. To tide over the problem, the Manapparai municipality has drilled bore wells at various places to meet the drinking water requirement in addition to the Cauvery water supply.
