A section of residents from Nachipalayam panchayat petitioned the District Collector and senior revenue officials on Monday complaining that they were facing poor quality power supply and drinking water crisis even after the issue was taken to the authorities concerned.
The dwellers wanted the intervention of the district administration to stop the construction of pits under way to dump the solid wastes generated in the panchayat.
M. Ilavarasi, a resident of the panchayat, said that digging of pits close to two residential colonies for dumping the waste would cause immense hardship to the people.
On the drinking water supply, the petitioners alleged that areas like Senthil Nagar and G.N. Garden North, two prime residential localities, did not receive water through the public taps for close to two weeks.
“Even before that, water used to be supplied only once in three days. The highly saline water supplied to our areas is not fit for drinking. Since a majority of the residents are industrial workers, they cannot afford to buy water from private parties”, pointed out M. Kumar, another resident of the panchayat.
The low voltage of power faced by the residents had reportedly damaged many electronic appliances.
When contacted, panchayat president N. Appusamy told The Hindu that the pits were dug only for conversion of biodegradable wastes generated in the panchayat into manure.
He refuted the allegations of drinking water crisis and stated that the panchayat administration had been supplying whatever water was available in the borewells to the residents.
The dwellers wanted the intervention of the district administration to stop the construction of pits under way to dump the solid wastes generated in the panchayat.
M. Ilavarasi, a resident of the panchayat, said that digging of pits close to two residential colonies for dumping the waste would cause immense hardship to the people.
On the drinking water supply, the petitioners alleged that areas like Senthil Nagar and G.N. Garden North, two prime residential localities, did not receive water through the public taps for close to two weeks.
“Even before that, water used to be supplied only once in three days. The highly saline water supplied to our areas is not fit for drinking. Since a majority of the residents are industrial workers, they cannot afford to buy water from private parties”, pointed out M. Kumar, another resident of the panchayat.
The low voltage of power faced by the residents had reportedly damaged many electronic appliances.
When contacted, panchayat president N. Appusamy told The Hindu that the pits were dug only for conversion of biodegradable wastes generated in the panchayat into manure.
He refuted the allegations of drinking water crisis and stated that the panchayat administration had been supplying whatever water was available in the borewells to the residents.