The speakers at a seminar organised here on Monday urged the State government to prepare a special action plan for setting up pure drinking water units and allocate sufficient funds for it n the next budget.
The district unit of Karnataka Prantha Raitha Sangha (KPRS) has organised the seminar.
Addressing the programme, KPRS vice president G.C. Bayya Reddy expressed concern over the presence of fluoride and nitrate contents in water in many villages of the district. “Water purification units should be installed in every village of the district”, he said.
Janavadi Mahila Sanghatane State president V. Geetha criticised the decision of Rachenahalli grama panchayat to utilise the funds for building construction instead of spending on pure drinking water scheme. The panchayat had got special funds under Gandhi Grama Puraskar yojana of the Centre.
The participants criticised MLAs K.R. Ramesh Kumar, K.S. Manjunath and Varthur Prakash for not participating in the programme in spite of their consent to take part. “It shows the lack of interest on part of people’s representatives about the water woes of the people”, the participants said.
