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Private water tankers strike
Posted on: 27/Jun/2013 10:26:12 AM
The strike by private water tankers has left residents who depend on them high and dry. The tanker operators have been on strike for two days now demanding a regulation on the use of groundwater.
‘(We) travelled up to Ponmar, 25 km away from Velachery, to draw groundwater. Until four months ago, we were drawing water from borewells in Pallikaranai and Narayanapuram. The groundwater level has dipped in these areas. We operate only six lorry loads due to dearth of water… (Our) lorries were seized on grounds of indiscriminate tapping of groundwater. We spend long hours in serpentine queues to fetch water and there is so much competition in sourcing water from borewells. This sudden restriction will further affect our business’, said the operators.
