SG Nagar residents stage dharna for drinking water

Chittoor: Protesting against the indifferent attitude of the official machinery  of Chittoor Municipal Corporation, the residents of Sanjay Gandhi Nagar staged dharna here on  Sunday demanding water supply. They raised slogans  against the water supply officials  of the city   for not releasing water in municipal taps for the last some  days.

Speaking  to The Hans India here on  Sunday ,  K Sunderamma  ,  president , SG Nagar residents association,  said that they have been facing acute drinking water shortage for the past some days and they were forced   to purchase  water.  ``The Municipality collects water charges  from us  and if we fail to pay the bills, they disconnect the water supply connections. For three days in every week, we are not getting water,’’   she said with regret. 

She said that all most all  the residents of  the colony are having  white ration cards and they belong to below poverty line. She slammed   that corruption has become rampant in  Chittoor Municipal  administration particularly in Engineering  department.
Suraya Bi, a Muslim Minority  of the colony said that she was forced to purchase the water  from private tanks for several months  due to non-supply of Municipal water.

Chittoor Municipal Commissioner  C Obulesh admitted  that there are certain  pockets  in the city  which have been facing water scarcity.  `` Instructions were given to the officials  to supply water through tankers in problematic areas,’’ he said.  He said that he instructed the Junior Engineer to sort out the drinking water problem  of   Sanjay Gandhi Nagar  area with immediate effect.