The Pioneer 15.11.2010
Residents protest against irregular water supplyStaff Reporter | Bhopal
With the monsoon barely over and water supply woes already inundating several old city areas, over a hundred residents protested and took to the streets and attempted to block traffic in the vicinity of the Bhopal Municipal Corporation (BMC) hydrant in the Apsara Talkies locality on Sunday morning.
The agitated residents said water supply in their locality was erratic and not on schedule for many days. Senior officials of the district administration, including SDM and police officials rushed to the area to pacify the agitators.
Sunil Shrivastava — the official in-charge of Water Works Department at BMC, said water supply was made through tankers to a few localities there but still people say there is shortage of water.
The residents stop the protest after getting assurances from district administration officials, who told them that now the supply would be made in accordance with the schedules.
The situation in the area, however, remained edgy for around two hours, as officials at the Aishbagh police station confirmed that nearly 150 local residents, led by Shivshankar Shukla, assembled near the hydrant and attempted to stage a chakka jaam.
Protesters said that since there are no pipelines in their localities, water is supplied through tankers once in every three days. Even the timing of the irregular water supply is not fixed, they added.
BMC officials later claimed that the issue has been sorted out and regular water supply in accordance with a fixed schedule would now be maintained.
