The members of the Tamil Nadu Hindu Malayali (ST) Vivasaya Munnetra Samooga Sangam observed a fast in front of the Collectorate here on Tuesday asking the district administration to take effective steps to prevent the mixing of drainage water with drinking water in the tribal hamlet of Majara Varakambadi village in Udaiyampatti village panchayat.
More than 250 tribal families are residing in the village and the mixing of drainage with drinking water is posing a serious health hazard to the local people, they said.
Petitions to higher authorities have gone in vain.