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Leaders and functionaries of the Congress enactment staged a protestation successful beforehand of Raj Nivas connected Wednesday (September 24, 2025) to item the “failure” of the AINRC-BJP authorities to supply potable drinking h2o to residents successful Puducherry.
Led by erstwhile Chief Minister and Congress person V. Narayanasamy, astir 10 functionaries arrived astatine Raj Nivas and staged a sit-in adjacent the main gross astatine astir 1 p.m. They threatened to motorboat an indefinite protestation successful beforehand of Raj Nivas if the authorities failed to supply an assurance to proviso potable piped h2o to the residents of the Union Territory.
A squad of constabulary officers, led by Senior Superintendent of Police Kalaivanan, attempted to transportation Mr. Narayanasamy to retreat the agitation. They assured that a gathering would beryllium arranged with officials of the Public Works Department to code their grievances.
Police officers holding talks with erstwhile Chief Minister V. Narayasamy | Photo Credit: S.S. Kumar
The Congress leader, however, demanded that either Chief Minister N. Rangasamy oregon PWD Minister K. Lakshminarayanan beryllium contiguous astatine the agitation tract to perceive to their complaints.
Later, a fewer much Congress workers joined the protestation and raised slogans against the government. After a fewer minutes, Lieutenant Governor K. Kailashnathan invited the protesting leaders for talks. Though helium initially refused the invitation, Mr. Narayanasamy aboriginal relented and went wrong Raj Nivas to conscionable the Lt. Governor.
He aboriginal told reporters that the Lt. Governor had assured to find a solution by ensuring amended coordination betwixt the PWD and Local Administration Departments, arsenic digging roads for laying pipelines by the departments successful a non-coordinated mode often results successful the mixing of sewage and drinking water, thereby causing contamination.
The erstwhile Chief Minister said the prime of drinking h2o has deteriorated successful respective areas of the UT. “Many radical person been admitted to the GH and Medical College owed to wellness issues aft consuming piped water. The authorities has not bothered to supply prime h2o though capable funds are provided by the Central government. The Prime Minister is taking a keen involvement successful providing cleanable h2o but the Puducherry authorities is not showing immoderate specified inclination,” helium charged.
