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Agitated lot: Residents of Sanjay Gandhi Nagar in Pallavaram protesting on the Railway Station Border Road seeking restoration of water supply to their locality on Monday. — TAMBARAM: At a review meeting at Pallavaram Municipality on Monday, government agencies were asked to work in unison on issues pertaining to public health, hygiene, sanitation, water supply and drainage. Labour Welfare Minister and Alandur MLA T. M. Anbarasan chaired the meeting, which was attended by engineers of Tamil Nadu Water Supply and Drainage Board, Chennai Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board, and officials of Pallavaram Municipality, including those from its engineering and health wings. Mr. Anbarasan said it was established by laboratory tests that the Palar drinking water, supplied by the municipality, was not the reason for the 40-odd acute diarrhoeal disorder (ADD) cases reported last week. However, officials should leave nothing to chance and ensure removal of unhygienic conditions in any locality of the municipality. Call to MetrowaterMetrowater officials too should take care not to damage drinking water pipelines during road-digging works for laying sewer lines for the underground drainage project. Municipal Chairman E. Karunanidhi was also present at the meeting. AgitationSoon after the meeting concluded, a group of about 200 residents of the Sanjay Gandhi Nagar area resorted to a protest and squatted on the Railway Station Border Road. Residents said they were dependent solely on water supplied through two public fountains and there was no supply on Monday morning. Municipal officials said water to these fountains came directly from the main lines transporting Palar water and they had to stop for sometime to carry out chlorination of the water. They had also planned to supply water through lorries, but dropped the move following the protests, officials said. Hence, a temporary tank adjacent to the public fountains would be constructed. Water would be chlorinated in the tank and then supplied to the residents, officials added.
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