Raising the issue during the zero hour in the Lok Sabha on Monday, AIADMK member from Pollachi K. Sugumar said that Karnataka was also trying to divert the flow of the river to its territory depriving of the benefit to Tamil Nadu.

The construction of the check dam and diversion of water of Thenpennai by the Karnataka Government would affect Krishnagiri, Dharmapuri, Tiruvannamalai, Villupuram and Cuddalore districts in his State, he said.Karnataka had not communicated to Tamil Nadu about the proposal and also had not sought its consent.

Chief Minister Jayalalithaa has sanctioned a sum of Rs. 650 crore for the implementation of a comprehensive water supply scheme for Villupuram. Once this is completed, two municipalities, four town panchayats and five panchayat unions in Villupuram district will get sumptuous water supply, Commercial Taxes Minister C.Ve. Shanmugam has said.

Speaking at an official function held on the premises of the Government Girls' Higher Secondary School here recently, he said water would be tapped from the Kollidam for the new scheme

Drinking water schemes seeking to serve 44.36 lakh people in eight districts will be implemented at a cost of over 1,500 crore in 2012-13, Minister for Municipal Administration and Rural Development K.P.Munusamy told the Assembly on Monday.

Replying to the debate on the allocation for departments under him, the Minister said the schemes, to be implemented in Cuddalore, Villupuram, Pudukottai, Theni, Sivaganga, Coimbatore, Tirupur and Tirunelveli district, would benefit 8,134 habitations in five Municipal Corporations,

Besides protecting water sources, people should also make judicious use of water as it is increasingly going scarce, said V. Sampath, District Collector.

He was speaking at a function held at Konthamur near here to mark the World Water Day celebrations on Tuesday. The Collector said that without water, no living being could survive. While earth consists of two-thirds of seawater and one-third of land, a lot of pressure was being put on resources found on the land owing to population explosion. It has gad an impact on water availability too.

The Madras High Court has directed the Director of Indian Institute of Technology-Madras to nominate three experts who should survey the Vridhachalam-Ulundurpet-Villupuram Road and submit a report on the quality of the work completed by contractors till date. Till the report is submitted, the sum should not be disbursed to the contractors.

CHENNAI: Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa on Saturday announced a comprehensive special package worth `790.18 crore for farmers in Cuddalore and Villupuram districts, the worst affected in Cyclone Tha

A Rs.1,000-crore project of building one lakh concrete houses in cyclone-hit districts such as Cuddalore and Villupuram was the highlight of Governor K. Rosaiah's address to the Assembly on Monday.

Mr. Rosaiah, who delivered his first address as Governor since assumption of office in August, said the State would take up the construction immediately to replace the damaged huts in the districts

The Tamil Nadu Government would construct one lakh concrete houses at a cost of Rs 1,000 crore to replace the damaged huts in the cyclone Thane affected districts of Cuddalore and Villupuram, the G

Tamil Nadu Government would construct one lakh concrete houses at a cost of Rs 1000 crore to replace damaged huts in the Cyclone Thane affected districts of Cuddalore and Villupuram, Governor K Rosaiah said on Monday.

The state government has also presented a memorandum spelling out the quantum of damage and has sought an assistance of Rs 5248 crore from the Centre, he recalled.

CHENNAI: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa today alloted Rs 150 crore for immediate relief measures and directed four Ministers to visit the districts which bore the brunt of cyclonic storm 'T