The Hindu 23.12.2014
Drinking water supply to be resumed today
Drinking water supply in the city, which was disrupted
following the charging and commissioning of newly-laid pipelines, will
be resumed on Tuesday.
The water supply to various
parts of the city had remained disrupted since December 3. Water
authority officials informed the council meeting held on Monday that
supply would be resumed by Tuesday morning. Among the areas affected
were Ayyanthole, Koorkenchery, Vilvattam, Ollukkara, Adattu, Arimbur,
Manalur and Nadathara.
The supply would be normalised
in a week, water authority officials said. The authority had given
prior information about supply being affected and the corporation had
made alternative arrangements by distributing water to the affected
areas in lorries. At the council meeting, some councillors raised
protests, alleging that water supply via lorries had not reached several
areas.
Mayor Rajan Pallan said steps would be taken
to open more Akshaya centres within the corporation limit. He denied the
allegation raised by councillor John Kanjirathingal that illegal
construction was going on in the corporation limits. The Mayor
challenged Mr. Kanjirathingal to furnish evidence to prove his
allegation.
No new autorickshaw stand was permitted
in the city, the Mayor said in reply to councillor Lally James’
question. The demand for new auto-taxi parking stands was under the
consideration of the Urban Planning Standing Committee, he said.
