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.