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Kottayam
By Our Staff Reporter
KOTTAYAM, APRIL 2. With water level at the distribution sources fast depleting and salinity in the drinking water distribution system registering regular increase, the drinking water scenario in the district is becoming worse. At a meeting of the District Review Committee on Drought Relief held here today, the District Collector, Rani George, said the daily allocation for water distribution has been hiked from Rs.3,000 to Rs.4,000 in the areas where water shortage is acute. The panchayats under the category include Kumarakom, Aymanom and Thiruvarpu. Other panchayats that have been identified as drought hit will get a daily relief of Rs.2,000.
Distribution to continue
The Collector added that the Kerala Water Authority (KWA) would continue to distribute water despite the increase in salinity. The water distributed through the KWA network can be used for other purposes apart from drinking or cooking. The health authorities have been asked to keep a close watch on the quality of water being distributed through tankers by the local bodies and by private parties. The district authorities have accorded administrative sanction for the distribution of drinking water through tankers to panchayats in Kottayam Kanjirappally and Changanassery taluks, which are the worst hit by drinking water shortage.
Review soon
Ms. George said the situation in the State would be reviewed soon. The Minister for Rural Development, C.F. Thomas, will chair the meeting. The district authorities have also cancelled the sanction accorded to various agencies for sand-mining from the Meenachil river. It has been found that sand-mining if continued, at the present pace, would soon render drinking water sources useless. The situation at Kottayam Medical College continues to remain grim as the source for water distribution system catering to the hospital has dried up owing to indiscriminate sand-mining. The water in the Meenachil river is below the `gallery' level.
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