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chennaimetrowater.tn.gov.in. Chennai Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board, known shortly as CMWSSB, is a statutory board of Government of Tamil Nadu which provides water supply and sewage treatment to the city of Chennai and its metropolitan region. Chennai is one of the metros in India that are dependent mostly on ground water supply.
Tamil Nadu Water Supply and Drainage Board (TWAD Board) is a public agency formed by the Government of Tamil Nadu, under the Municipal Administration and Water Supply Department, assigned with the task of implementing all water supply and sewerage schemes to the state of Tamil Nadu (except the Chennai Metropolitan Area).
In 2020, 97.7% of Indians had access to the basic water and sanitation facilities. [1] India faces challenges ranging from sourcing water for its megacities to its distribution network which is intermittent in rural areas with continuous distribution networks just beginning to emerge. Non-revenue water is a challenge.
Water management in Chennai. The coastal city of Chennai has a metropolitan population of 10.6 million as per 2019 census. As the city lacks a perennial water source, catering the water requirements of the population has remained an arduous task. On 18 June 2019, the city's reservoirs ran dry, leaving the city in severe crisis.
The local administration under the department consists of 15 municipal corporations, 121 municipalities and 528 town panchayats. [2] [3] Greater Chennai Corporation, established in 1688, is the second oldest in the world and Tamil Nadu was the first state to establish town panchayats as a new administrative unit.
As the scheme was a success, its sales was extended to all over tamil nadu. [9] However, within several days, the demand for water bottles increased which lead to supply shortage at many places. [10] Presently, the sales of Amma Water bottles have stopped due to a technical problem at the Gummidipoondi Factory.
The Tamil Nadu Marumakkattayam Act, 1932. The Tamil Nadu Maternity Benefit (Repeal) Act, 1964. The Tamil Nadu Medical Registration Act, 1914. The Tamil Nadu Medicare Service Persons and Medicare Service Institutions (Prevention of Violence and Damage or Loss of Property) Act, 2008.
Avadi City Municipal Corporation is the civic body governing the City of Avadi, in Chennai Metropolitan Area in the Tiruvallur district of Tamil Nadu, India. Avadi City Municipal Corporation has 48 wards with a population of 6.1 lakh spreads over 65 sqkm. It is headed by a executive mayor and governed by a commissioner.