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Olagadam residents face acute water crisis

R. Sundaram

Some of the borewells have dried up due to summer

IN DIRE NEED: A young girl collecting water from the leakage in the pipeline at Olagadam in Bhavani taluk. — Photo: M. Govarthan

ERODE: The residents of Olagadam and nearby Vedikkaranpalayam are facing acute drinking water crisis.

Olagadam located in Bhavani taluk is a dry tract where the villagers are dependent on Cauvery water for domestic purposes. But for past couple of months, the villagers are not getting enough quantity of water as water is supplied once in three days, that too for a short duration. So the villagers have to go to distant places to collect water.

An aged woman Mariyayee said, "I am living in the village for the past 70 years and I am experiencing water problem for the past 50 years. The Cauvery water supply was introduced five years ago. I have become accustomed to collecting water from nearby areas. Now due to my age, I could not go to other places, but is collecting water from the leakage in the main pipeline to the overhead tank."

Other villagers said that Cauvery water was supplied to the village from Thalawaipet through big pipelines. But between Thalawaipet and Olagadam, leakage of water occurs at six places leading to water wastage. Villagers collect the leaking water for domestic use. They said some borewells in the village had dried up due to severe summer.

The villagers appealed to the district administration to instruct the Panchayat and the Tamil Nadu Water Supply and Drainage Board to supply water to their village every day.

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