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Demand to restore water supply

KOZHIKODE: Disruption of water supply in some parts of the city and the threat of viral fever emerging as a health hazard have put the people of the district to hardship.

The district development committee that met on Saturday discussed the issue. M.A. Salam, MLA, who called for quick action to restore water supply, said residents in coastal areas were the worst affected, as they relied on tap water for drinking water. He admitted there was disruption in water supply to some places in the city owing to the delay in repairing faulty motors at the pumping stations in Poolakadavu and Moozhikkal.

The Kerala Water Authority (KWA) executive engineer, who was present at the meeting, said the problem was on account of fault in a 600 kV pump set. An alternative motor was activated and pumping of water had been partially restored. The faulty pump set was being repaired, he said. (A group of people from Payyanakkal-Chakkumkadavu in the city held a demonstration on Saturday in front of the office of the superintendent engineer of KWA in Malaparamba in protest against the prolonged breakdown of water supply to their region).

George Thomas, MLA, called for measures to keep away wild elephants from standing crops in Thiruvambadi and Kodencherry. He said there had been several cases of wild elephants attacking farmers and their crops.

Speakers also drew attention to the need to strengthen treatment facilities at hospitals in fever-affected parts of the district. K. Kunahmmed, who represents Perambra in The Assembly, complained that patients who sought medical help were being made to wait for long hours in queue for medicines at government hospitals in the interior areas. “There should be some arrangement by which the patients would not have to spend more than one hour to consult a doctor and get the necessary medicine from the clinic; services of retired doctors should be used to improve treatment facilities, if necessary,” Mr. Kunhammed said.

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