The Hindu 07.08.2012
Steps taken to supply clean drinking water: CMC chief
‘Work on cleaning water tanks in some areas is under way’As there were complaints from people that drinking water being supplied is contaminated, the City Municipal Council (CMC) has taken precautionary measures. In some areas, work on cleaning water tanks is under way, president of the municipal council Sunita Mallikarjun has said.
Presiding over the general body meeting of the CMC here on Monday, she said that the problem had become more serious in the last two months. “The CMC is ready to tackle the problems related to drinking water provided the citizens bring it to the notice of the officers concerned,” she said.
Based on complaints from a few members that many shops in city limits were not paying taxes, Ms. Mallikarjun decided to approach the State government for initiating steps to legalise such shops by making them pay a penalty, which would also provide the CMC with some additional revenue. When a few members alleged that some flower vendors were continuing to do business near Gandhi Circle even after getting new shops at the Agricultural Produce Marketing Committee yard, Ms. Mallikarjun such vendors would soon be made to shift. S.K. Basavarajan, MLA , was present.
