The Hindu 30.04.2010
Water problem: women vent their ire on MLA Nani
Staff Reporter
| Commissioner asked to initiate action against officials |
ELURU: City MLA Alla Kalikrishna Srinivas (Nani) tasted the ire of a group of angry women, who were reportedly vexed with the drinking water problem in the current summer during the Prajapadham programme at Gollayagudem on the city outskirts on Wednesday.
They complained that the hand bores in their area did not work and the water supplied by the Municipal Corporation of Eluru (MCE) by tankers was inadequate.
They said MCE authorities were reluctant to undertake repair works in spite of their repeated complaints.
The MLA said the problem would be mitigated after the completion of a reservoir under construction with a storage capacity of 5 lakh litres in the locality.
He asked the Municipal Commissioner to initiate action against the officials concerned for their alleged indifference in attending the drinking water problem in the area.
Mr. Nani promised to ensure that there would be no drinking water problem in the city by next summer.
He said the municipal corporation had taken up eight reservoirs in different parts of the city for storage of water in the summer, besides extension of pipeline system to the uncovered areas on the outskirts.
