DMK women councillors seek replacement of damaged drinking water pipes, pump for streamlining water supply

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Tirunelveli Corporation Deputy Mayor K.R. Raju receives petitions astatine  the grievance time  gathering  held connected  Tuesday .

Tirunelveli Corporation Deputy Mayor K.R. Raju receives petitions astatine the grievance time gathering held connected Tuesday . | Photo Credit: A. SHAIKMOHIDEEN

Seeking contiguous replacement of damaged drinking h2o organisation pipes, DMK councillor B. Seetha of ward 39 submitted petition to Deputy Mayor K.R. Raju connected Tuesday during the play grievances time meeting.

The agitated councillor said thousands of litres of precious drinking h2o is going discarded astatine respective places owed to severely damaged organisation pipes laid successful ward 39. Even though respective petitions had been submitted with the engineering conception of Palayamkottai Zone, the officials garbage to instrumentality immoderate measurement to region the damaged pipes astatine St. Thomas Road, adjacent District Revenue Officer’s campy office, TVS Nagar 3rd and 4th streets, Maharaja Nagar 3rd main roadworthy and Maharaja Nagar 27th cross thoroughfare and laic prime pipes.

“If the officials inactive garbage to code this problem, I’ll mobilise the nationalist and signifier dharna successful these places,” Ms. Seetha warned.

She besides complained that the declaration steadfast executing the underground drainage enactment successful her ward had not filled-up the underground drainage trenches with concrete.

A radical of residents from Kodeeswaran Nagar successful ward 21 besides submitted a petition urging the Corporation to re-lay the roads damaged successful the underground drainage work.

In her petition, DMK councillor of ward 51 D. Sahaya Juliet Mary said the overhead vessel astatine Thamizh Nagar successful the ward has to get h2o from the ground-level sump successful adjacent Teachers’ Colony. Since determination is nary centrifugal for pumping h2o from the ground-level sump to the Thamizh Nagar overhead tank, proviso of drinking h2o to the 4 beneficiary areas falling nether this vessel remains hit.

“Even though a petition seeking the installation of a centrifugal for pumping h2o to the Thamizh Nagar overhead vessel was submitted connected February 3 last, nary measurement has been taken truthful acold to fulfill this genuine demand,” Ms. Juliet said.

A radical of women from Sardarpuram North Street successful Old Pettai submitted a petition complaining astir the sewage-mixed drinking h2o being supplied to the families surviving connected this thoroughfare for the past respective weeks. “Since the residents who drank this h2o withtout boiling it had contracted jaundice and typhoid, the Corporation should regenerate the damaged drinking h2o pipes to proviso protected drinking h2o to the residents,” said M. Bhanumathi, 1 of the petitioners.

A radical of residents from Mallika Colony nether ward 55 submitted a petition seeking drainage channels for draining the rainwater and due roads to their area.

The CPI (ML) submitted a petition urging the Corporation to either re-lay oregon astatine slightest repair the severely damaged engaged roads connecting Tirunelveli Town Arch and Kodeeswaran Nagar, Rottikkadai Stop and Old Pettai, Vazhukkodai and Old Pettai.

The Left enactment besides appealed to the officials to instrumentality steps for clearing the stagnant h2o successful the Tirunelveli and Palayam Channels providing fantabulous breeding crushed for mosquitoes and sustained thrust against stray canine menace.

Published - May 26, 2026 08:00 p.m. IST

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