Salem in the grip of severe water scarcity
Citizens get poor quality water once in ten days
Even while several parts of the district are facing severe drinking
water scarcity for the last couple of months because of severe drought
conditions, the officials are going all out to implement various
programmes.
The residents of both urban and rural areas complain about the acute water scarcity. They say that in many parts of the district, citizens are forced to purchase drinking water.
Potable drinking water is supplied to the 60 Wards of the Salem Corporation through the Mettur-Salem dedicated water supply scheme, and the Nangavalli old water scheme. With water level going down alarmingly, the corporation has been struggling to ensure regular supply of potable water in the city limits.
Agitations have become the order of the day seeking regular drinking water supply.
Many city residents complain that they were getting drinking water only once a week, and that too of poor quality.
The situation is not better in the rural towns and other villages across the district. In a majority of the villages, citizens complain that they get water once in 10 days.
In many villages in Kaadayampatti block, citizens are forced to walk a few kilometres to fetch a pot of water. Even after reaching the spot, they will have to wait in long queues to collect the water.
In the villages in Kolathur block on the banks of River Cauvery, citizens have started migrating to other parts, due to scarcity
of water. The residents of Nangavalli area say that they are not getting water for days together.
Due to the scarcity prevailing in the villages, the women who have enrolled under the MGNREGS could not go to work.
The
four municipalities of Attur, Mettur, Edappadi, and Narasingapuram and
the panchayat unions too are facing unprecedented drinking water
scarcity.
These municipalities and the rural local bodies have been taking initiatives to prevent the illegal tapping of drinking water using motor pumps.
The district administration is going all out to put an end to illegal tapping of water from Mettur Dam too. Many farmers owning lands on the banks of River Cauvery near Mettur Dam have raised crops and they have been illegally drawing water with motor pumps.
The officials conducted surprise check and seized many pumps.
Some of the local bodies have revived the defunct bore wells with the hope of easing the prevailing water crisis.
The State Government has accorded top priority for special schemes for the provision of drinking water. A couple of senior officials K. Satyagopal, Commissioner of Revenue Administration, and Dheeraj Kumar, managing director, TWAD Board, recently visited the district and held discussions on steps to address the drinking water needs of the people.
The district administration nominated 58 special officers to solve the drinking water complaints of the people. Toll free numbers have been provided to enable people to prefer their complaints.
The Salem Corporation on its part has set up a special control room with toll free phone numbers. It has nominated special officers for all the 60 Wards and has made public their phone numbers, so that people can contact them for the drinking water problems.
The residents of both urban and rural areas complain about the acute water scarcity. They say that in many parts of the district, citizens are forced to purchase drinking water.
Potable drinking water is supplied to the 60 Wards of the Salem Corporation through the Mettur-Salem dedicated water supply scheme, and the Nangavalli old water scheme. With water level going down alarmingly, the corporation has been struggling to ensure regular supply of potable water in the city limits.
Agitations have become the order of the day seeking regular drinking water supply.
Many city residents complain that they were getting drinking water only once a week, and that too of poor quality.
The situation is not better in the rural towns and other villages across the district. In a majority of the villages, citizens complain that they get water once in 10 days.
In many villages in Kaadayampatti block, citizens are forced to walk a few kilometres to fetch a pot of water. Even after reaching the spot, they will have to wait in long queues to collect the water.
In the villages in Kolathur block on the banks of River Cauvery, citizens have started migrating to other parts, due to scarcity
of water. The residents of Nangavalli area say that they are not getting water for days together.
Due to the scarcity prevailing in the villages, the women who have enrolled under the MGNREGS could not go to work.
These municipalities and the rural local bodies have been taking initiatives to prevent the illegal tapping of drinking water using motor pumps.
The district administration is going all out to put an end to illegal tapping of water from Mettur Dam too. Many farmers owning lands on the banks of River Cauvery near Mettur Dam have raised crops and they have been illegally drawing water with motor pumps.
The officials conducted surprise check and seized many pumps.
Some of the local bodies have revived the defunct bore wells with the hope of easing the prevailing water crisis.
The State Government has accorded top priority for special schemes for the provision of drinking water. A couple of senior officials K. Satyagopal, Commissioner of Revenue Administration, and Dheeraj Kumar, managing director, TWAD Board, recently visited the district and held discussions on steps to address the drinking water needs of the people.
The district administration nominated 58 special officers to solve the drinking water complaints of the people. Toll free numbers have been provided to enable people to prefer their complaints.
The Salem Corporation on its part has set up a special control room with toll free phone numbers. It has nominated special officers for all the 60 Wards and has made public their phone numbers, so that people can contact them for the drinking water problems.
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