Chennai Private Lorry Water Suppliers provide potable water for the city residents.
Chennai is the fourth-largest metropolitan area in India with a population of 8,917,749. To meet water demands of the people, Chennai Government Metro Water has plants where water is purified by distillation and chlorination. Kilpauk area has a water supply distribution system called Jones tank from where the water is pumped to different parts of central Chennai. Jones tank is a filling point for Chennai Metro Water Lorries. There are various other metro water filling points in Chennai city at Valluvar kottam,K.K Nagar and Royapuram.
To support and provide uninterrupted water supplies to residents; private lorry owners take the responsibility of supplying water to the needy neighborhood. Private water lorry owners fill water for their lorries from authorized filling units in Chennai Suburban mainly in Poonamalae, Thirumazhisai, Madhavarm etc. These areas are located approximately 25 to 30 km from Chennai city center.
More than 2000 private water tankers supply water around Chennai city as per 2013 Summer statistics.The Chennai City Metro Water and Private Water lorry association is headed by Mr. P.S Sundaram. He also insisted that increasing the depth of lakes around Chennai city and its suburbs will also increase water capacity in these lakes. Thus in the rainy season the surplus water will not be wasted. Several initiatives have been taken by him and his team to provide uninterpreted water service to the public.
Increasing diesel price, Congested traffic and ground water shortages have created a difficulty for many private lorry owners to leave their profession. Hence the Chennai city private lorry water suppliers have been demanding a hike in Tanker Lorry Water supply cost. This should be done inorder to provide uninterrupted prompt service to their customers.