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Resolve drinking water Scarcity: CPI
The CPI leaders and women staged a protest in front of the Sub-Collector’s office here on Monday, demanding the state government to resolve drinking water scarcity and to stop migration of farmers to cities. They staged a demonstration with empty pitchers to highlight the severity of drinking water shortage
Tirupati: The CPI leaders and women staged a protest in front of the Sub-Collector’s office here on Monday, demanding the state government to resolve drinking water scarcity and to stop migration of farmers to cities. They staged a demonstration with empty pitchers to highlight the severity of drinking water shortage. Speaking on the occasion, CPI state committee member G Obulesu asked the TDP government why it was not implementing the NTR Sujala Sravanthi which provides 20 litres of water for Rs 2.
The CPI leader flayed the Chief Minister for failing to save crops with rain guns. “The government has only wasted crores of rupees as there was no result with rain guns. The Chief Minister is ruling the state with lies,” Obulesu alleged. The CPI leader lamented that farmers are migrating to cities due to drought and problem is even worse in Anantapur district. He asked the government why it is not coming to the rescue of farmers in drought conditions. The fodder is not being supplied to livestock in summer, he said.
CPI city Secretary Chinnam Penchalaiah said that the government did not take up relief measures so far despite declaring 58 mandals in the district as drought-hit. The people of Tirupati urban and rural were experiencing server water scarcity. Even, people in western parts of the district are bringing water in pots from fa
