Publishied in The New Indian Express, Chennai on July 22, 2011:
As the Madhavaram-Mathur Lake has fully dried up now, some Mathur residents are forced to draw contaminated drinking water from their borewells due to sewage let out by the municipality, Ramesh, a resident said.
"The clandestine act by the municipality has increased the health concerns among the thousands of families who have primarily selected the area for its best drinking water quality," B Thirugnanam, president of TNHB Colony Residents Consumer Protection Awareness Welfare Association told Express.
When contacted, S Ramamoorthy, Commissioner of Madhavaram Municipality, denied the municipality was letting out sewage into the lake.
We will inquire about it and visit the spot from where the sewage has been discharged towards the lake, Ramamoorthy said and added that it is not a deliberate act by the civic body to pollute the water body and someone might have routed it that way as the surrounding areas are a low-lying.
He also said the municipality has its own treatment plant, but the pumping is not happening as of now since the work to link sewage lines from all over the local body is yet to be completed.
As the Madhavaram-Mathur Lake has fully dried up now, some Mathur residents are forced to draw contaminated drinking water from their borewells due to sewage let out by the municipality, Ramesh, a resident said.
"The clandestine act by the municipality has increased the health concerns among the thousands of families who have primarily selected the area for its best drinking water quality," B Thirugnanam, president of TNHB Colony Residents Consumer Protection Awareness Welfare Association told Express.
When contacted, S Ramamoorthy, Commissioner of Madhavaram Municipality, denied the municipality was letting out sewage into the lake.
We will inquire about it and visit the spot from where the sewage has been discharged towards the lake, Ramamoorthy said and added that it is not a deliberate act by the civic body to pollute the water body and someone might have routed it that way as the surrounding areas are a low-lying.
He also said the municipality has its own treatment plant, but the pumping is not happening as of now since the work to link sewage lines from all over the local body is yet to be completed.
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