Locals fume over drainage overflow

Uppal: Drainage water is flowing on roads at Lakshmi Narayana Colony in Ramanthapur division for the past one month. No officials are paying interest in clearing the problem. As the drainage system is very old, drainage water is flowing on the roads even after small rains.

Seasonal diseases are spreading in high extent ,people in this area are getting panic as every person in the house is falling sick. After the article published in The Hans India, officials visited two to three times and made some repair works to the drainage but there is no use as it went to its previous state. Locals are facing a lot of troubles with the stench and larvae in the area.

Colony residents submitted memorandum to division MLA Bethi Subhash Reddy about the situation but there is no response from any of the officials till date. Locals are scared that if the situation continues, people in the colony will fall sick with Dengue, Malaria and Typhoid. They are requesting officials to respond and clear the issue at the earliest.