For the past few months, sewage has been entering Karupparayan Kovil Road next to Puliyakulam in Coimbatore. The residents of the area have alleged that the authorities concerned have not taken any action so far despite repeated petitions.
Coimbatore: The people of Karupparayan Koil Road in Puliyakulam area of Coimbatore district were shocked as sewage waste sludge was mixed with drinking water.
More than 200 families live on Karupparayan Koil Street in ward 66 of Puliyakulam in Coimbatore. Sewage water has been flowing out of the drinking water pipe in the area for the past few months.
When water comes into the water pipe, the sewage water first mixes with the drinking water for more than an hour. Due to this, people say that there is a foul smell of sewage in the drinking water.
For the past few months, people have not been using water pipes and have been using drinking water from nearby habitations. Similarly, the elderly are finding it difficult to walk some distance to fetch drinking water.
This has created disaffection among the public. When the drinking water arrived yesterday, the people in the area filled the tanks in their houses after draining out the sewage water for more than an hour.
But the water that came yesterday has been mixed with sewage. It appears that there was a foul smell in the water tanks. Shocked by this, the public had to drain out the water from their water tank and clean it up.
Similarly, this evening too, when the drinking water arrives, sewage from the pipe is mixed with sewage. As a result, the public came together with empty pots and protested.
Regarding the water being mixed with this drain, the public said that the problem has been there for months.They said there was a problem due to the water being mixed with the drains and despite repeated complaints in this regard, no action was taken.