Fatima Nagar residents lay siege to Virudhunagar municipal office

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Residents of Fatima Nagar who laid siege to Virudhunagar municipal bureau   protesting against mixing of sewage with drinking h2o  successful  Virudhunagar.

Residents of Fatima Nagar who laid siege to Virudhunagar municipal bureau protesting against mixing of sewage with drinking h2o successful Virudhunagar. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement

A conception of residents of Fatima Nagar successful Virudhunagar municipality laid a siege to Virudhunagar municipal bureau connected Tuesday protesting against mixing of sewage of drinking water.

The protesters condmened the officials for their lackadaisical cognition by not attending to this contented contempt having complained to them 2 weeks back.

Fatima Nagar which has astir 500 houses has witnessed repeated incidents of underground sewage getting chocked for implicit 2 weeks. This has yet led to sewage mixing with drinking water.

Besides, the sewage had besides flowed into the houses located successful low-lying areas. The residents besides complained that door-to-door postulation of garbage was not done decently leaving piling up of garbage successful the streets. Angered implicit the inaction of the officials, the residents, including women, thronged the municipal office.

Municipal officials held talks with the protesters and promised to instrumentality punctual enactment by Wednesday pursuing which the agitators dispersed.

Communist Party of India (Marxist) functionaries L. Murugan, M. Jayabharath, and the enactment Virudhunagar municipal councillors K. Jayakumar, were among those who took portion successful the protest.

Published - February 03, 2026 08:18 p.m. IST

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