coimbatore chief minister edappadi k palaniswami virtually inaugurated the kavundampalayam vadavalli drinking water augmentation scheme in the city on thursdaythe scheme is aimed at providing more drinking water to the residents of kavundampalayam vadavalli and veerakeralam which were added to the corporation limit about a decade ago a statement from the corporation said that the scheme would benefit thousands of families residing in the areas and will take care of their drinking water requirements till 2036 which is 3154 mld under the scheme the areas will get an addition of 1152 mld of drinking water and the total quantity of water supplied to the areas will increase to 25 mld with this drinking water could be supplied once in four to five days the water supplied to the areas will increase from 75 liters per capita a day lpcd to 135 lpcd said an official from tamil nadu water and drainage twad board implementing body of the scheme at present the areas get only 136 mld of drinking water which is supplied once in 10 to 15 days twad constructed 12 overhead tanks ohts in addition to the existing 19 ohts in the areas and laid pipelines for 4194 kilometers to implement the scheme the official said in addition twad also laid di pipelines for 17 kilometers and hdpe pipelines for 304 kilometers to supply water to 26659 households who had already obtained household water connections in the area to provide adequate water at good pressure the statement said and added that connection is yet to be provided to an equal number of households the scheme is implemented at the cost of rs 10816 crores rs 6180 crores under tnudf rs 3090 crores from state government fund and rs 1546 crores from the corporation fund