Residents of Melsanankuppam village near Ambur town in Tirupattur, protested in front of the panchayat office on Thursday against the supply of unsafe drinking water for household consumption.
They said, the Melsanankuppam village has nine wards that come under the Madhanur Panchayat Union in Tirupattur. The village consists of six remote hamlets with around 6,200 families. With the temperatures soaring in the recent weeks, water supply to the households, including the street corner tanks, have not been provided by the local panchayat on a regular basis. The irregular water supply of has made residents trek at least 5 to 10 kilometres to fetch a few pots of water from the Ambur and Madhanur towns.
“The water supplied through tractors was salty and unfit for consumption. We can’t take the risk of providing such salty water to children for consumption. Even this salty water from tractors are supplied only once a week,” said S. Padma, a resident.
