Sewage water everywhere...
MYSORE: Being evacuated from houses during floods and other natural disasters is one thing, but residents of Mahadevapura extension in Srirampurapanchayat of Mysore taluk have been forced to evacuate from their houses as their surroundings are flooded by sewage water.
Though residents have put their worries before the departments concerned, including deputy commissioner C Shikha, it has yielded no results. The problem has persisted from the past two months in this place which is just 8 km from the city. Having found no respite from officials, the residents have finally vacated their homes.
The extension has about 400 houses. About two months ago, waste water from the underground drain (UGD) started accumulating in low-lying areas. Somanayak, a resident, says: "Sewage water earlier flowed through the sericulture department's UGD system. But after that was blocked, the water started to overflow and inundated couple of houses in the area, including mine."
The block in the UGD system caused the manhole to overflow and as the level of sewage kept increasing in the drain, it created a lake near the residential area and finally entered the houses, he adds.
Families living in the last four houses in the extension, which are low-lying, moved out as they could not bear the stink and mess around their house. "We can't enter our houses and no one has come forward to help us," complains Kumar, another resident. Kumar has been staying at a relative's house for the past two months.
The problem has extended to other houses in the extension as the stink from the overflowing sewage has made living conditions miserable.
Residents are now staring at an even bigger problem as sewage water has begun to get mixed with drinking water. "How can we live without proper drinking water? Other water sources are almost 3km away from this extension," complains Parvathi, another resident. She demanded the district administration to take control of the situation before an epidemic breaks out in the area.
Source - TOI - http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mysore/Sewage-water-everywhere--/articleshow/21914695.cms?
Though residents have put their worries before the departments concerned, including deputy commissioner C Shikha, it has yielded no results. The problem has persisted from the past two months in this place which is just 8 km from the city. Having found no respite from officials, the residents have finally vacated their homes.
The extension has about 400 houses. About two months ago, waste water from the underground drain (UGD) started accumulating in low-lying areas. Somanayak, a resident, says: "Sewage water earlier flowed through the sericulture department's UGD system. But after that was blocked, the water started to overflow and inundated couple of houses in the area, including mine."
The block in the UGD system caused the manhole to overflow and as the level of sewage kept increasing in the drain, it created a lake near the residential area and finally entered the houses, he adds.
Families living in the last four houses in the extension, which are low-lying, moved out as they could not bear the stink and mess around their house. "We can't enter our houses and no one has come forward to help us," complains Kumar, another resident. Kumar has been staying at a relative's house for the past two months.
The problem has extended to other houses in the extension as the stink from the overflowing sewage has made living conditions miserable.
Residents are now staring at an even bigger problem as sewage water has begun to get mixed with drinking water. "How can we live without proper drinking water? Other water sources are almost 3km away from this extension," complains Parvathi, another resident. She demanded the district administration to take control of the situation before an epidemic breaks out in the area.
Source - TOI - http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mysore/Sewage-water-everywhere--/articleshow/21914695.cms?