Tamil Nadu Deputy Chief Minister M.K. Stalin has inaugurated a raw water pumping station in Poondi.

Municipal Administration and Water Supply Secretary Niranjan Mardi and Metrowater Managing Director Shiv Das Meena also took part in the inauguration.

This is the first facility to be inaugurated among the six works undertaken by the Chennai Metrowater under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM). And this facility is said to give 100 MLD (million litres per day) of water to Puzhal water treatment plant.

This project was completed at a cost of Rs 9.11 crore. Metro water officials said that the works totalling Rs.546 crore are being carried out in the city by the agency. It is executing 28 works in and around the city worth Rs.2,032 crore.