water shortage in district
Kerala - Kochi
MLAs complain of severe shortage of water
Staff Reporter
Deployment of tanker lorries sought
KOCHI: The district administration will convene a special meeting to discuss shortage of drinking water in the west Kochi area, said District Collector A.P.M. Mohammed Hanish here on Saturday.
He was speaking at a District Development Committee meeting.
C.M. Dinesh Mani, MLA, said water supply in Palluruthy area was severely affected because there was no pumping at certain times.
The number of places where shortage of drinking water was being felt was on the increase, and tanker lorries should be pressed into service to provide water in these areas, he added. '
V.K. Ebrahim Kunju, MLA, said there was shortage of water in the Mattancherry area.
K. Babu, MLA, said the Thammanam interlinking of pipes had not yielded the desired results. He also said that if anyone was found drawing water illegally, the person should not be given reconnection of supply.
More bus services
The Collector said that a special squad would be constituted to seize vehicles used to illegally run passenger services in competition to Kerala State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) services. The meeting was assured by KSRTC officials that the number of services in Kothamangalam would be increased.
M.M. Monayee, MLA, said that answers should be provided to all questions being raised by the MLAs at the meetings. He said only one department had provided answers to the questions he had raised.
The District Collector issued instruction to the other departments to provide the answers in 48 hours.
Work on the building of the quality-testing laboratory at the Maradu market will begin soon. Though 50 cents of land has been allotted for the laboratory building, no work has begun so far.
Irrigation projects
M.J. Jacob, T.U. Kuruvilla and V.D. Satheesan, MLAs, said several irrigation projects still remained incomplete. Even those on which work had begun a decade ago had not been commissioned, they added.
They were informed that a special meeting had been convened on August 12 to discuss this problem.
The meeting was informed that 1,300 head of cattle had been given vaccines against anthrax in the Koothattukulam area.
The Agriculture Department informed that Rs. 54 lakh had been received by it for paying compensation to farmers who had lost their crops. A total of Rs. 60 lakhs would be received by the district.
The Principal Agriculture Officer was asked by the District Collector to enquire if the amount meant for Kothamangalam was included in the total amount given to the district so far.
Saju Paul, MLA, said that it was not right that the Perumbavoor Regional Transport Authority office was computerised without informing the peoples' representatives from the area about it.
M.M. Yusuf and Jose Thettayil, MLAs, District Planning Officer, Velayudhan Chettiar and heads of departments were among those who participated in the meeting held at the District Panchayat Hall, Kakkanad.
(The Hindu, Sunday, July 30, 2006)
MLAs complain of severe shortage of water
Staff Reporter
Deployment of tanker lorries sought
KOCHI: The district administration will convene a special meeting to discuss shortage of drinking water in the west Kochi area, said District Collector A.P.M. Mohammed Hanish here on Saturday.
He was speaking at a District Development Committee meeting.
C.M. Dinesh Mani, MLA, said water supply in Palluruthy area was severely affected because there was no pumping at certain times.
The number of places where shortage of drinking water was being felt was on the increase, and tanker lorries should be pressed into service to provide water in these areas, he added. '
V.K. Ebrahim Kunju, MLA, said there was shortage of water in the Mattancherry area.
K. Babu, MLA, said the Thammanam interlinking of pipes had not yielded the desired results. He also said that if anyone was found drawing water illegally, the person should not be given reconnection of supply.
More bus services
The Collector said that a special squad would be constituted to seize vehicles used to illegally run passenger services in competition to Kerala State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) services. The meeting was assured by KSRTC officials that the number of services in Kothamangalam would be increased.
M.M. Monayee, MLA, said that answers should be provided to all questions being raised by the MLAs at the meetings. He said only one department had provided answers to the questions he had raised.
The District Collector issued instruction to the other departments to provide the answers in 48 hours.
Work on the building of the quality-testing laboratory at the Maradu market will begin soon. Though 50 cents of land has been allotted for the laboratory building, no work has begun so far.
Irrigation projects
M.J. Jacob, T.U. Kuruvilla and V.D. Satheesan, MLAs, said several irrigation projects still remained incomplete. Even those on which work had begun a decade ago had not been commissioned, they added.
They were informed that a special meeting had been convened on August 12 to discuss this problem.
The meeting was informed that 1,300 head of cattle had been given vaccines against anthrax in the Koothattukulam area.
The Agriculture Department informed that Rs. 54 lakh had been received by it for paying compensation to farmers who had lost their crops. A total of Rs. 60 lakhs would be received by the district.
The Principal Agriculture Officer was asked by the District Collector to enquire if the amount meant for Kothamangalam was included in the total amount given to the district so far.
Saju Paul, MLA, said that it was not right that the Perumbavoor Regional Transport Authority office was computerised without informing the peoples' representatives from the area about it.
M.M. Yusuf and Jose Thettayil, MLAs, District Planning Officer, Velayudhan Chettiar and heads of departments were among those who participated in the meeting held at the District Panchayat Hall, Kakkanad.
(The Hindu, Sunday, July 30, 2006)
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