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May 12, 2009
In a Colony in India a Hunger Strike for Drinking Water
In the Kerala area in southwestern India, (pictured), in a colony at Chelapram in Kakkodi grama panchayat limits in the district, a decade of neglect has left the residents with no potable water.
Activists of the Bharatanjali Swasreya Gramam, a Gandhian organization, have started a hunger strike to protest the apathy of the authorities in supplying drinking water.
K.V. Krishnan, coordinator of the organization, said today, "No steps had been taken to solve the drinking water shortage at Purangottukunnu Nalucentu Michabhoomi colony for more than a decade." "The panchayat and the district administration had not taken any measures, though the people had been airing their grievances."
"Several families had no option but to shift from the colony." "The organization had petitioned Chief Minister V.S. Achuthanandan about the shortage", he said.
The Kerala Water Authority and the Centre for Water Resources Development and Management furnished reports on this situation to the District Collector back in 2002, but the project to get water to the area was never completed, as reported by The Hindu.
Posted by Stephen Betheil at May 12, 2009 03:47 PM
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