With a view to meet the growing drinking water requirements of Chennai and its suburbs, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa on Tuesday announced creating a reservoir in the nearby Tiruvallur district at a cost of Rs 330 crore besides announcing a slew of other water schemes.

She has directed that Kannankottai and Thervoykandigai lakes in the neighbouring district be linked and a reservoir created to store one tmc ft of water, a government release here said.