Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu M K Stalin has inaugurated Rs 224 crore Kodiveri Combined Water Supply Scheme (CWSS).
The water supply scheme aims to provide drinking water to 4.49 lakh people in three unions of Erode and Tiruppur districts.
In 2013, the then Chief Minister Jayalalithaa announced the scheme at cost of Rs 137 crore under Rule 110 in the Assembly to mitigate the drinking water needs. Later, the project cost was revised to Rs 224 crore in 2018 and work commenced on the project.
The project implemented by the Tamil Nadu Water Supply and Drainage Board (TWAD Board) will benefit 547 habitations in 28 village panchayats in Perundurai Panchayat Union and the town panchayats of Perundurai, Karumandichellipalayam, Kanjikovil, Nallampatti, Pallapalayam and Pethampalayam, four village panchayats in Chennimalai Panchayat Union and 37 panchayats in Uthukuli and Kunnathur Town Panchayats in Tiruppur district.