A group of residents from five villages on the banks of the Tamirabharani submitted a petition to District Collector G. Lakshmipathi on Monday seeking steps to prevent flood water from entering their village.
The petitioners from Murappanadu in Srivaikundam taluk said more than 75 infiltration wells had been sunk on the bed of the Tamirabharani near Murappanaadu, Kovilpaththu, Puthu Graamam, Padugaiyoor and Agaram villages for supplying drinking water. The presence of the infiltration wells was the main reason for their villages getting waterlogged causing extensive damage to property.
The State government should close these infiltration wells or close them and sink new wells elsewhere, the petitioners said.
