madurai government rajaji hospital grh in madurai has started receiving piped drinking water supply following the inauguration of the 1200mlong pipeline from rajaji childrens park to the hospital by mayor v indirani ponvasanth on tuesdayas the hospitals existing drinking water supply structure wore out with time the hospital was heavily dependent on tanker trucks for the water supply city engineer a lakshmanan said that the existing pipelines were worn out and there was difficulty to provide water from the local area pipeline since the huge demand of the hospital will leave local residents void of sufficient drinking water so the madurai corporation decided to supply the drinking water directly from the reservoir he saidhe added that the pipeline will relieve 60 trucks supplying water to the hospital removing these vehicles from the traffic will ease the congestion and save on environmental cost he pointed out the hospital will pay the water charges instead of truck rent he addedthe pipeline was established from the overhead tank situated in rajaji childrens park at a cost of 165 lakh the corporation will be able to pump three lakh litres per day to the hospital premises with this pipeline the project also includes a 90mm valve to regulate water and drinking water meter corporation authorities said that the pipeline will be useful to cater to the increasing demands of the hospital as the facility is getting expanded