Ensure supply of quality drinking water: Councillor
The Hindu
TIRUNELVELI
TIRUNELVELI
Blaming the corporation officials for not taking any action to prevent supply of contaminated drinking water to the residents of her ward, an AIADMK councillor submitted a petition to the Mayor P.M. Saravanan during the weekly grievance meet on Tuesday.
AIADMK councillor S. Amudha of ward 31 submitted a petition complaining supply of drinking water mixed with sewage in Pandithurai First Street in Kulavanigarpuram area of Melapalayam Zone for the past one month.
“Even though I have filed petitions with the officials of Melapalayam Zone on various occasions, no action has been taken to prevent the mixing of sewage with drinking water. More than 10 persons have tested positive for jaundice. This is the last petition I’m submitting to the Corporation as any further delay will trigger public anger,” said Ms. Amudha while showing a bottle with the contaminated water.
She said the corporation should re-lay roads at Kulavanigarpuram and Muththamizh Nagar areas and ensure proper lighting in all streets in ward 31.
President of Nellai District Public Welfare Committee M. Mohamed Ayub submitted a petition seeking proper closure of a pit dug near Kulaththangarai dargah on Pettai – Tirunelveli stretch for repairing a damaged drinking water pipeline. Since the pit has caused a few accidents in the night during the past one week, the officials concerned should be instructed to close properly the dangerous trench, he said.
One Manikanda Mahadevan submitted a petition seeking proper registration of the applications being submitted by the public for issue of birth or death certificates. “Whenever we come to the corporation office with an application for a birth or death certificate, the officials ask the applicants to drop the application in the drop-box and the applications seem to gather dust for several months as there is no response. The officials should be instructed to receive the applications and acknowledge receipt of the applications,” he said.
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