Quality drinking water for all aim: Roshy

‘Immediate priority is to alleviate problems faced by people in coastal areas’

Water Supply and Sanitation Minister Roshy Augustine has said his immediate priority is to alleviate the problems being faced by people in coastal areas in eight districts in the State. Talking to The Hindu, he said protection walls would be built and temporary measures taken to prevent seawater from entering residential areas. A sum of ₹1 crore each had been allotted to seven coastal districts and ₹2 crore to Ernakulam, with special focus on Chellanam where the damage was high. An additional amount of ₹30 lakh from the non-Plan fund had already been allotted to Chellanam to meet emergency requirements, the Minister said.