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