This will ensure drinking water supply for more than 15,000 families spread over some 20 hamlets in the vicinity of Manavely.
The project was implemented at a cost of Rs 18 crore including assistance from the National AGriculture Bank and Rural Development.
The overhead tank has a capacity to store ten lakh litres water and a sump with a capacity to hold five lakh litre water formed part of the project.
Distribution lines to households had also been included in the project.
Earlie, the Lt Governor inaugurated a gymnasium block of the Police department in the police quarters at D.Nagar.