Chennai, 21 Oct 2026: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay has announced a Rs. 1,439 crore Cauvery-based combined drinking water scheme to benefit 1,232 rural habitations in Tiruppur district, besides distr ibuting 2,700 free house site pattas and providing 13,000 new drinking water connections as part of a series of development initiatives for the Dharapuram Assembly consti tuency.
According to an official release, of the 2,455 rural habitations in Tiruppur district, 1,223 are currently receiving water under the Cauvery combined drinking water scheme. The proposed project will cover the remain ing 1,232 habitations in D harapuram, Kange yam, Kundadam, Pongalur and Vellakoil Panchayat Unions, besides seven village panchayats in Mulanur and 17 in Palladam.
The Chief Minister also announced that 2,700 free house site pattas would be distri buted to homeless families in the Dha rapu ram Assembly constituency. Steps would be taken to issue pattas to around 87 families who have been residing in houses at Majara Guruvappa Naickenpalayam in Chinnaputhur village of Dharapuram Taluk for the past 20 years.
To improve irrigation infrastructure, the government will under take 159 desilting works across Tiruppur district at an estimated cost of Rs. 10 crore.
In Dharapuram consti tuency alone, irrigation canals and channels stretching approxi mately 271 km will be desilted, with accumu lated silt, bushes and thorny vegetation removed to improve water flow.
New over head water storage tanks will be constructed in Dharapuram, Mulanur and Kundadam blocks, facilitat ing around 13,000 drinking water connections.
The Chief Minister also announced the establishment of a new Fire and Rescue Services Station at Mulanur in Dharapuram Taluk to strengthen emergency response facilities in the region.
In Dharapuram Municipality, drinking water infrastructure will be upgraded through the construction of an overhead storage tank and other improvement works at an estimated cost of Rs. 6 crore. Streetlights will be installed at a cost of Rs.40 lakh, while solid waste management works will be under taken at an estimated cost of Rs.6 crore.
Storm water drainage improvement works will also be carried out in the municipality to strengthen drainage infrastructure. The Chief Minister has directed the depart ments concerned to expedite the implementation of all the announced projects, the release said.