Marthandam: half this town’s populace get untreated water
The Hindu
Marthandam, the second biggest town in the district, lacks many facilities
Of the 21 wards in Kuzhithurai Municipality, 11 wards on the Marthandam side of the Tamirabharani get water treated at a plant near Nesamony bridge while the remaining 10 wards on the Kaliyakkavilai side get water pumped straight into a riverside tank.
According to T.S. Rajasekhar, a civil engineer, the Tamirabharani is one of the rivers which never dries up. Still, water is supplied only twice or thrice a week.
Nowhere will you find a garbage segregation unit on the main bazaar, right beside a fish market and vegetable shandy. The amalgamation of the stench hits the nostrils on Market Road at Marthandam. There is a similar problem with the fish market on Sub-Path Road in Vettumani.
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