Large quantity of water gushing out from the overhead tank in the pumping station in Cuddalore on Monday.
CUDDALORE:
The mega-size overhead tank with a total capacity of 1.5 lakh litres, located at the pumping station near the Collector's camp office here, suddenly decanted large volume of water on Monday morning.
A stretch of the Nethaji Road, Nellikuppam road and the entry point to the camp office remained flooded for some time. Those employed in the pumping station claimed that since cleaning operation was going on in the overhead tank entire water was drained from it. It defied logic and raised the question as to why should the cleaning operation be undertaken in a filled up overhead tank.
When contacted, Municipal Commissioner M.Elangovan said that it was a routine that after the overhead tank got filled the respective valves would be opened to supply water to particular areas. However, on Monday morning a valve got struck thereby causing disruption in the supply. All attempts made to fix it failed and therefore the only corrective measure available was to replace the faulty valve with a new one. Therefore, when the old valve was removed water stored in the overhead tank gushed out. With a new valve in place now no such problem would recur, Mr Elangovan said.
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