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Residents of villages nether Vellithiruppur panchayat adjacent Anthiyur staged a roadworthy blockade connected Wednesday (June 17, 2026), demanding regular drinking h2o supply.
Women carrying bare pots intercepted 2 Tamil Nadu State Transport Corporation buses connected the Puravipalayam colony roadworthy and squatted connected the roadworthy successful protest.
According to the residents, Puravipalayam, Karaimedu and neighbouring habitations successful the panchayat had been facing a drinking h2o shortage since the opening of summer. They alleged that contempt repeated petitions to the panchayat administration, nary effectual steps had been taken to code the contented and that h2o had not been supplied for the past 10 days.
Police unit and panchayat officials rushed to the spot and held talks with the protesters. Officials assured the residents that contiguous measures would beryllium taken to reconstruct drinking h2o proviso to the affected areas. Following the assurance, the protesters withdrew the blockade and dispersed. Traffic connected the way was affected for a little play owed to the agitation.
