Police officials are also in common case
Posted on: 15/Dec/2012 11:58:31 AM - No. of views : (1966)
For many of the residents in the police quarters, fetching in a few pots of water every morning for domestic use, has become a daily routine, ever since Chennai Metrowater stopped the supply of water through tanker lorries to their building. Metrowater took this step because of the police department�s non-payment of mobile water charges amounting to Rs. 30 lakh over the course of a few years, to the water agency.t is the second warning to them in less than two months that taps have gone dry in the quarters after Metrowater took similar action earlier. It�s difficult to source water from the neighbourhood as most of the localities here face water shortage.
Nearly 100 families from the quarters tried to block the Thiruvotriyur Main Road demanding regular water supply but were then pacified by senior police officers. After a request by a few police officers, Metrowater officials resumed water supply but told them to pay their dues immediately. The water problem is a regular one here. But we told Metrowater officials that dues would be paid soon as we will take this issue up with our higher-ups,� said inspector R. Sivamani of B-3 Tondiarpet police station.
The Metro Water Authorities said that they�ll charge Rs. 600 per trip and on an average, we do at least eight trips to the quarters daily. Each tanker has a capacity of 9,000 liters The mobile charge is different from water tax, which is collected for water supplied through pipelines,�
