The Hindu 24.03.2014
Nagal Nagar residents’ plea for drinking water
Hundreds of residents from Nagal Nagar laid siege to the house of Deputy Mayor P.C. Tulsi Ram here on Sunday.
The
residents complained that a borewell, sunk 10 days ago, was not closed.
It posed a grave threat to pedestrians, particularly children. The
civic body neither took efforts to close it nor lay a pipe and install a
motor to pump water from the borewell.
The municipal
corporation should properly seal the well to ensure safety of children
and expedite erection of the motor pump, they said.
The
residents said water was not supplied in their area for the past 20
days. The Deputy Mayor pacified them. He told them that borewells were
being sunk in other places and the work had been taken up in phases.
Once those works were completed, the borewell in their area would be
commissioned. Mr. Tulsi Ram assured them that steps would be taken to
resume drinking water supply in their area.
Acute
water scarcity in Dindigul is forcing people to take to the streets.
Many ward councillors avoid meeting people as they are unable to find
solutions to their grievances.
The Corporation is
struggling to supply water once in 12 or 15 days. Since rains failed in
the past two years, groundwater level has gone down to 800-1,000 feet in
many parts of the town.
The residents depend solely on Corporation water.
