More schools shut due to water shortage
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
22.06.2019
While Chief Minister Edappadi K Palaniswami continues to claim that there is no water shortage in schools, more and more in the city are shutting down temporarily because of it.
Lady Andal Venkatasubba Rao Matriculation School in Chetpet declared a holiday for Classes I to VIII on Saturday because of the water scarcity. Students said they haven’t had adequate water supply in their restrooms since Thursday. “We managed to handle the crisis by bringing buckets of water from the swimming pool, but we cannot continue this way. That’s why we have declared a holiday on Saturday,” said KS Rajan, manager of Madras Seva Sadan, the organisation running the school.
On Wednesday, another prominent ICSE school in RA Puram informed parents by email that both taps and gates would remain shut. At Khatri Matriculation School in Kancheepuram district, boards were put up a few hours before school opened informing parents that school would work only half-day for students from pre-kindergarten to Class V. Some schools have started to collect additional fee from parents for arranging water supply through tankers.
School education minister KA Sengottaiyan has said that it is not the government’s but the school management’s responsibility to ensure every student is provided with adequate water.
It was not just schools, high-end residential complexes -- such as Metrozone near Koyambedu – that didn’t face a shortage till date, are now announcing to occupants that water is in short supply. A message from its maintenance department to residents read: “Due to water scarcity, vendors are not able to supply water to our premises. We cannot give time lines when things will return to normal. Residents are requested to use minimal water.”
(Inputs from Anjani Sharma, Swetha Ramesh)
OUT OF ORDER: Amma Kudineer, Jayalaithaa’s pet project to supply free drinking water, has been hit by water shortage. The one at Saidapet was not working when TOI visited it. Lady Andal School (above)
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
22.06.2019
While Chief Minister Edappadi K Palaniswami continues to claim that there is no water shortage in schools, more and more in the city are shutting down temporarily because of it.
Lady Andal Venkatasubba Rao Matriculation School in Chetpet declared a holiday for Classes I to VIII on Saturday because of the water scarcity. Students said they haven’t had adequate water supply in their restrooms since Thursday. “We managed to handle the crisis by bringing buckets of water from the swimming pool, but we cannot continue this way. That’s why we have declared a holiday on Saturday,” said KS Rajan, manager of Madras Seva Sadan, the organisation running the school.
On Wednesday, another prominent ICSE school in RA Puram informed parents by email that both taps and gates would remain shut. At Khatri Matriculation School in Kancheepuram district, boards were put up a few hours before school opened informing parents that school would work only half-day for students from pre-kindergarten to Class V. Some schools have started to collect additional fee from parents for arranging water supply through tankers.
School education minister KA Sengottaiyan has said that it is not the government’s but the school management’s responsibility to ensure every student is provided with adequate water.
It was not just schools, high-end residential complexes -- such as Metrozone near Koyambedu – that didn’t face a shortage till date, are now announcing to occupants that water is in short supply. A message from its maintenance department to residents read: “Due to water scarcity, vendors are not able to supply water to our premises. We cannot give time lines when things will return to normal. Residents are requested to use minimal water.”
(Inputs from Anjani Sharma, Swetha Ramesh)
OUT OF ORDER: Amma Kudineer, Jayalaithaa’s pet project to supply free drinking water, has been hit by water shortage. The one at Saidapet was not working when TOI visited it. Lady Andal School (above)
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