Residents, mostly women, blocked the Vaniyambadi - Tirupattur Main Road at Ramanaickenpatti village near Vaniyambadi in Tirupattur on Saturday, demanding supply of regular water.
The residents said that many houses in Ooru Gounder Vattam, one of the 14 hamlets that form Ramanaickenpatti village, have been getting irregular supply of water for many weeks due to power outages. With soaring temperature, water level in borewells and farm wells in the village has gone several feet down. It has made residents to completely depend on water supplied by the panchayat. “Many borewells have become dry due to searing heat for the past few weeks. Water supplied by the panchayat is erratic. We can’t afford private tanker lorries,” said S. Kannammal, a resident.
Around 11 a.m, a group of residents sat in the middle of the road, demanding resumption of supply of water by the civic body to all households. Traffic was hit on the stretch. Based on alert, Thimmampet police rushed to the spot and pacified the agitated residents. “Many times, we have to walk to the neighbouring hamlets, around three kms away, to fetch a few pots of water for consumption. We have been complaining to local panchayat officials and block development officers ,” said V. Perumal, a resident.
