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Civic chief silent on water woes
Drinking water is being sold at Chittoor and private tankers are minting money. Unprecedented acute scarcity for drinking water is prevailing in Chittoor city forcing the public to purchase potable water in all the 50 divisions. The ground water levels have steeply come down in the city. The existing bore wells have become defunct and their yields have also receded abnormally. People of the city
Even as the new Mayor is yet to take a grip over municipal affairs, the Collector is expected to release ad hoc assistance soon to mitigate the problem
Chittoor: Drinking water is being sold at Chittoor and private tankers are minting money. Unprecedented acute scarcity for drinking water is prevailing in Chittoor city forcing the public to purchase potable water in all the 50 divisions. The ground water levels have steeply come down in the city. The existing bore wells have become defunct and their yields have also receded abnormally. People of the city crave for getting the normal water apart from drinking water.
There has been widespread resentment among various sections in the city over the lapses of the municipal administration for mitigating the drinking water scarcity in the city. The newly elected Chittoor Mayor K Hemalatha is yet to understand the miseries of the public on this issue as she is said to be quite new to the politics as well as the issues of the city. Asked to comment over the prevailing scarcity of drinking water in the city
Chittoor Municipal Commissioner G. Subramanyam admitted that there was consistent demand for more drinking water supply in the city since several decades “The water levels in NTR Jalasayam are receding very fast due to unbearable heat and adverse seasonal condition.
As a result, it becomes very difficult to manage the water crisis. Transportation of water is only the alternative for the municipal administration to ensure the water needs of the city to a little extent. But paucity of funds makes the civic body incompetent to tackle the water management “he added. He assured that immediate steps would be taken to ensure he water to the city by hook or crook.
District Collector Pradyumna is expected to review the prevailing drinking water scarcity in all the Municipal towns and corporations with in a couple of days. It is expected that he would release the adhoc assistance to Chittoor Municipal Corporation for resuming the transportation of water in the city.
