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Water tankers arrive only once a week and the women in the house ration out water for the family.
Vijayamma Dasan and Saritha Sajeevan were feeling lucky to get their pots filled on Friday. “There is water now, it may go off any time,” said Ms. Sajeevan.
Living with uncertainty has become a habit for these women and about 25 other households in Valiakattu, Thekkumbagam in Tripunithura, where the fag end of a water supply line was connected to a temporary hose to fill the pots for all the families around.
Water tankers arrive only once a week and the women in the house ration out water for the family from their pots. Pointing to a small canal of brackish water flowing into a puddle, Ms. Sajeevan said they sometimes used this water to wash clothes and many a time they had brought water on bicycles from far off public taps.
“People using motor pump to siphon off water from pipe lines are another reason for lack of water here,” said Ms. Sajeevan. “If piped water is difficult, we will be happy if the municipality can help us harvest rainwater,” she said.
Ward councillor U.K. Peethambaran told The Hindu that of the 240-odd water connections sanctioned under a scheme for Scheduled Castes, only 140-odd have been provided. The scheme had been on from the last government, he said, adding that Rs. 10 lakh was given to KWA under the scheme.
People would get water even if there was supply only on alternate days, but the uniformity and regularity in supply was the problem. The old pipelines that cannot withstand the force of water was also a problem, he said.
However, municipal chairman R. Venugopal told The Hindu that the scheme became active only recently and 468 connections were sanctioned under the scheme. But water supply could not be provided to 127 houses because of lack of documents.
Meanwhile, residents of Tripunithura under the apex council of Tripunithura Rajanagari Union of Residents' Association (TRURA) protested in front of the Kerala Water Authority office against lack of water in several parts of the town for the last 15-20 days.
Demanding a probe into the irregularities in the laying of the new pipeline from S. N. Junction to Puthiyakavu, V. P. Prasad, chairman of TRURA, alleged there was an alignment problem in connecting the new pipeline to the old through connectors, which were of suspect quality.
He said KWA officials had informed that there were leaks at about 50 places. Pumping was expected to start in full swing on Friday, but this had not happened.
A plumbing contractor with KWA told The Hindu that the work was done hastily to complete the road topping work before Atham. It was a wrong decision to start the pipe-laying work in May since the work was time-consuming.
He said the contractors and the politicians had hastened the pipeline laying project for their own reasons — contractors for losing out on their interest for buying the pipelines and politicians for their love of inaugurating the project.
Courtesy : The Hindu
Water woes continue in Tripunithura
Tripunithura bursting at seams as official blame game goes on
Tripunithura town, with its roads besieged by the rising numbers of vehicles, people and shopping complexes, is on the brink of bursting at the seams.
The width of roads, parking spaces and pedestrian walkways have steadily decreased even as the town is sporting an upwardly mobile look with the onslaught of new shops and old shops going in for a snazzy makeover.
Pedestrian space is completely missing on some stretches, like the one from Statue Junction to East Fort Junction where quite a few shops are jutting onto the road.
With street vendors taking up some more on the footpaths, there is absolutely no space for pedestrians.
The municipality does not have the authority to take up development of roads at two crucial junctions, Statue and East Fort, says R. Venugopal, chairman of the municipal council. The Public Works Department (PWD) and the Revenue Department in the district have to provide the blueprint for development, he says.
The official in-charge of PWD (Roads), Tripunithura, says developing the two junctions is on the agenda and administrative sanction is awaited for tile-laying work at the newly acquired areas at both junctions.
V.P. Prasad, president of Tripunithura Rajanagari Union of Residents’ Associations, says the lax attitude of the PWD is affecting development works in the town. The road construction work awarded before Onam is yet to be completed.
The association will take up the issue after waiting for 10 more days, says Mr. Prasad.
Though the Revenue Department moved in to clear unauthorised constructions on government land at Statue Junction, one of the seven shops could not be removed because of an old court order which had directed the PWD to file a reply. However, the PWD official says the case is expected to be settled soon.
Colourful rally marks Athachamayam in Tripunithura
Rain or shine, it is all festivities for the people of Tripunithura on Atham day. Braving the sporadic showers, on Saturday people poured out on to the streets of Tripunithura to celebrate the Atham festivities which herald the start of the 10-day Onam celebrations in the State.
The festivities got off to a colourful start with Food and Civil Supplies Minister Anoop Jacob hoisting the flag at the Government Boys’ High School ground. The procession taken out in connection with the festivities was flagged off by K. Babu, Minister for Excise.
Besides caparisoned elephants, folk art forms such as Theyyam, Kummatti, Kolkali, Mayilattom, Kummi, Poykal, Ammankudam, Pulikkali, and Kathakali added colour to the procession. Chendamelam and panchavadyam lent a rhythmic touch to the procession. The multifaceted cultural richness of the State had a reflection in the procession. Tableaux depicted scenes from legends and epics and also highlighted various social, environmental and political issues. There were around 20 floats in the procession.
The celebration commemorates the journey of the erstwhile King of Kochi, with his entourage, from Tripunithura to the Thrikkakara Vamana temple for participating in the festival at the temple. In fact, the erstwhile kings celebrated Onam with great pomp and gaiety. The procession taken out during the reign of kings had representatives from all communities.
They included Nettoor Thangal, representing the Muslim community, Karingachira Kathanar who represented the Christian community and Chembil Arayan, representing the fisherfolk. The 10-day festivities are organised now by the Tripunithura Municipality.