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Water leak fake: KWA employees
Staff Reporter
KOCHI: The Kerala Water Authority Employees Association (INTUC) has demanded action against the authority officials who are responsible for the leak of the main water tank at Perumanoor from Thursday to Friday. The association called for action against the assistant engineer of the Kerala Water Authority (KWA) who was in charge of the pump house. An inquiry should be conducted keeping the official concerned out of office, the association said.
Association general secretary K.S. Ramachandran Nair said the incident could be part of a planned move to increase the water shortage in the city, especially in the light of the coming Assembly elections.
Thousands of litres of water from the Perumanoor pump house had allegedly leaked out into the backwaters from Thursday midnight to Friday evening.
If pumping of water from the pump house was impossible due to any damage in the distribution lines, the assistant engineer concerned should contact the Aluva headworks and rectify the situation, according to Mr. Nair. He alleged that instead of solving the crisis, the engineer remained a mere spectator.
The association said the move was a bid to create artificial water scarcity with the aim of invoking the public ire against the Government in the backdrop of the coming Assembly polls.
(The Hindu-12/03/06, Sunday)
Water leak fake: KWA employees
Staff Reporter
KOCHI: The Kerala Water Authority Employees Association (INTUC) has demanded action against the authority officials who are responsible for the leak of the main water tank at Perumanoor from Thursday to Friday. The association called for action against the assistant engineer of the Kerala Water Authority (KWA) who was in charge of the pump house. An inquiry should be conducted keeping the official concerned out of office, the association said.
Association general secretary K.S. Ramachandran Nair said the incident could be part of a planned move to increase the water shortage in the city, especially in the light of the coming Assembly elections.
Thousands of litres of water from the Perumanoor pump house had allegedly leaked out into the backwaters from Thursday midnight to Friday evening.
If pumping of water from the pump house was impossible due to any damage in the distribution lines, the assistant engineer concerned should contact the Aluva headworks and rectify the situation, according to Mr. Nair. He alleged that instead of solving the crisis, the engineer remained a mere spectator.
The association said the move was a bid to create artificial water scarcity with the aim of invoking the public ire against the Government in the backdrop of the coming Assembly polls.
(The Hindu-12/03/06, Sunday)
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