
No drinking water supply on Saturday
The Hindu
MADURAIFollowing replacement of wornout iron and steel pipes, drinking water distribution would be suspended for one day on Saturday in some of the wards in Madurai city, according to Commissioner K P
MADURAI
Following replacement of wornout iron and steel pipes, drinking water distribution would be suspended for one day on Saturday in some of the wards in Madurai city, according to Commissioner K P Karthikeyan.
In a press release here, he said that it had been proposed to replace wornout pipes after complaints came in about leakage and bursts near Arapalayam (Amma bridge) and near Sundararajapuram overhead tank.

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