A high tension pump house comprising three pump sets has been working tirelessly since 1936 at Kilpauk Water Works to provide water supply to Chennai.
| Photo Credit: M. Vedhan
A city is born as a mere ideoa when people gather in settlements beside rivers. Once this idea sets anchor on land, there it remains, growing , expanding and spreading growth, allowing development to seep through the vast lands it casts its benevolence over.
Through this Madras Week, The Hindu profiles some marvels of engineering and innovation that are still in use, decades after they were first deployed.
