Dharmapuri and Krishnagiri Collectors jointly inspect Hogenakkal project
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Dharmapuri and Krishnagiri Collectors jointly inspect Hogenakkal project

The Hindu  

Collectors of Dharmapuri and Krishnagiri held a joint inspection of the Hogenakkal Drinking Water and Fluorosis Mitigation project here in Hogenakkal on Saturday. Collectors R. Sadheesh and C. Dinesh Kumar of Dharmapuri and Krishnagiri districts respectively toured the entire length of the Hogenakkal Drinking Water and Fluorosis Mitigation Project infrastructure from the project site at the start of Cauvery in Hogenakkal to the water treatment plant, water pumping station, the reservoir at Madam. The project has been conceived to source water from the Cauvery River west of Hogenakkal waterfall and pumped to a state-of-the-art 160 million litre water treatment plant situated 6.15 k.m. The Hogenakkal water distribution project supports Dharmapuri Municipality, 10 town panchayats, 10 panchayat unions, 249 panchayats, and 2,784 rural households in Dharmapuri district; and Hosur Corporation, Krishnagiri Municipality, 6 town panchayats, 10 panchayat unions, 33 panchayats, and 3,974 rural households in Krishnagiri district.

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Tamil Nadu: Flow in Cauvery drops, officials say there will be no water scarcity
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Tamil Nadu: Flow in Cauvery drops, officials say there will be no water scarcity

New Indian Express  

DHARMAPURI: With summer approaching, residents of Dharmapuri district fear there will be drinking water scarcity. The ‘Hogenakkal Drinking Water and the Fluorosis Mitigation project’ is the source of drinking water to three municipalities, 17 town panchayats and 7,639 rural habitations in the district supplying over 167 MLD of water to over 34 lakh people. This year, temperature has already started …

Water enters 300 houses in Krishnagiri, heavy rain to continue
7 months, 1 week ago

Water enters 300 houses in Krishnagiri, heavy rain to continue

New Indian Express  

KRISHNAGIRI/DHARMAPURI: Water entered at least 300 houses in Pochampalli, Mathur and Kaveripattinam as rain battered Krishnagiri since Sunday, According to the District Emergency Operation Centre, the district recorded an average rainfall of 47. At least 250 houses were inundated in MGR Nagar near Kaveripattinam, Naaduvanpalli near Veppanahalli, Gundalapatti Anganwadi centre and Uthangarai, officials said. In Dharmapuri, heavy rain led to …

Waterbodies full after three days of rain in Dharmapuri
7 months, 1 week ago

Waterbodies full after three days of rain in Dharmapuri

New Indian Express  

DHARMAPURI: The heavy downpour in Dharmapuri district on Sunday came as a relief for farmers as many waterbodies have become full. The district as a whole recorded a total rainfall of 339.4 mm of rainfall and an average rainfall of 37.7 mm on Sunday, according to data from the district authorities. The Mukkalnayakampatti lakes which had been dry for several …

Flood alert along Cauvery banks in Karnataka's Hogenakkal
8 months ago

Flood alert along Cauvery banks in Karnataka's Hogenakkal

New Indian Express  

DHARMAPURI: Dharmapuri District Collector K Santhi issued a flood alert along the banks of the Cauvery River at Hogenakkal after water inflow levels there reached 70,000 cusecs on Saturday. The collector inspected the increasing inflow levels at Hogenakkal and thereafter issued a flood alert requesting people on the shores of the Cauvery to move to elevated areas. In a press …

No drinking water in parts of Vijayawada on June 19
9 months, 1 week ago

No drinking water in parts of Vijayawada on June 19

Deccan Chronicle  

VIJAYAWADA: The Vijayawada Municipal Corporation has announced that the drinking water supply to several colonies within the municipal corporation limits will be disrupted on the morning of June 19 to carry out maintenance work on the 900 mm WPSC pumping main line at KR Market junction. In a release issued on Monday, the civic body said that the drinking water …

Sandbags placed on Cauvery riverbed to help Krishnagiri, Dharmapuri & tourists tide over summer blues
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Sandbags placed on Cauvery riverbed to help Krishnagiri, Dharmapuri & tourists tide over summer blues

New Indian Express  

DHARMAPURI: In a bid to enhance water supply to residences in Dharmapuri and Krishnagiri districts, the Tamil Nadu Water Supply And Drainage Board has piled up sandbags to divert the water flow on the Cauvery river bed. The Hogenakkal project remains the only source of clean drinking water for residents of Dharmapuri and Krishnagiri districts. With a daily supply of …

Dharmapuri Medical College Hospital quenches thirst of visitors with just five taps
5 years, 4 months ago

Dharmapuri Medical College Hospital quenches thirst of visitors with just five taps

New Indian Express  

DHARMAPURI: Eleven years on, Dharmapuri Medical College Hospital has been quenching the thirst of its visitors with water from five-odd taps, in working condition, attached to a purified drinking water supply station constructed near its entrance. However, DMCH dean claimed that all patients are being supplied with water and a plan has been recently proposed by the collector to set …

Cauvery swells: Hogenakkal boatmen unnerved by cash loss
6 years, 7 months ago

Cauvery swells: Hogenakkal boatmen unnerved by cash loss

Deccan Chronicle  

DHARMAPURI: The Hogenakkal oars men relax in a happy mood though they have lost their income because of the ban issued by the district administration for the coracle services as Cauvery continues to swell. However, the people in Hogenakkal are not worried but feel happy as others in the state because of the dams built across the Cauvery River had …

Long wait for potable water comes to an end here
11 years, 9 months ago

Long wait for potable water comes to an end here

The Hindu  

Fifty-one-year-old Unnamalai of Mangarai at Pennagaram in Dharmapuri district breaks into a smile at the prospect of getting potable water from Wednesday under the Rs.1,928-crore Hogenakkal Water Supply Scheme and Fluorosis Mitigation Project. More than 40 per cent of the population in many habitations suffered these problems, says a senior Tamil Nadu Water Supply and Drainage Board official. Munian and …

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