Chennai: As part of efforts to make adequate quantity of water available to the people in Chennai city, Tamil Nadu government today allocated Rs 130 crore to deepen and restore five existing reservoirs to store an additional 568 million cubic feet water. The four reservoirs in Sholavaram, Porur, Ayanambakkam and Nemam would be deepened, while Sembarambakkam lake would be restored to store the rain water, which hitherto goes unused to the sea, an official release said. The water storage capacities of Nemam reservoir would be increased to 577 million cubic feet at a cost of Rs 79.50 crore, Ayanambakkam reservoir to 314 million cubic feet at Rs 30 crore, Porur reservoir to 70 million cubic feet at Rs 20 crore and Sembarambakkam lake would be increased to 1,080 million cubic feet at Rs 50 lakh, it said. Water bodies at Poondi, Red Hills, Sembarambakkam and Sholavaram are used to store water from Veeranam reservoir and Krishna river and used when scarcity surfaces.
PTI