Work on replacing the 4.8 km-long water pipelines on all four Mada Streets around the Arunachaleswarar temple and the town is nearing completion.
Accompanied by S. Murali and K. Raghuraman, Divisional Engineer (DE) and Assistant Director (AD), State Highways (Tiruvannamalai), Collector B. Murugesh inspected the works. He directed municipal officials to speed up the work.
“Entire work, including the remaining 400 metres of pipeline, will be completed by May-end. Subsequently, replacement of existing bitumen roads in the town into concrete stretches will be taken up by the State Highways,” N. Dhakshanamurthy, Commissioner, Tiruvannamalai municipality, told The Hindu.