Corporation Post Water Supply Timings on Social Media | Coimbatore News – Times of India

Coimbatore: Municipal Corporation has started posting Water A day in advance supply schedules on social media platforms like Facebook and Twitter. The contact numbers of corporation personnel and assistant engineers responsible for water supply in any area are also included. Schedule,
This step has been taken after reports of wastage of water due to change in schedule.
Corporation officialOn condition of anonymity, he said that he had changed the timing of water supply a month ago, as the frequency of supply had reduced.
“This change left many residents, especially office-goers, unaware that they could not collect water as they were not at home at the time of supply. So many people had left the valves open to fill their drains, causing wastage of water,” said the official.
Councilors also discussed this issue in the recently held council. meeting And they decided to release the time of water supply in advance. The details will be available every evening on the social media pages of the Corporation. “People can disseminate information on WhatsApp for wider reach,” the official said.
While the corporation had in the past considered the idea of ​​informing people about the water supply schedule, frequent power cuts made it impossible to formulate a schedule at that time. “But now the frequency of power outages has come down,” the official said.