Around 100 persons, including 70 women, laid a siege to the Sankarankovil municipal office with empty pots on Monday after drinking water supply to their houses remained affected for the past 18 days.
The protesting women from wards 1, 3 and 5 of Sankarankovil municipality said drinking water supply to their area, getting drinking water from the Thiruvalluvar Park overhead tank, remained affected for the past 18 days and the people had been consequently forced to buy 20-litre drinking water bottles from private suppliers.
Hence, the municipal administration should take immediate steps for solving this crisis, the petitioner said.
Sanakarankovil municipality officials said the quantity of water being pumped from the Tamirabharani Combined Drinking Water Scheme and Manur Combined Drinking Water Scheme had dwindled sharply while there was no water supply from the Kottamalaiyar Combined Drinking Water Scheme during this summer. Hence, the municipality had to share the available water among the consumers, which was the prime reason behind the problem.
“We’ve promised the women to ensure drinking water supply at least once a week,” the officials said.
