War of words over water quality test
KOZHIKODE: The Kozhikode corporation council meeting witnessed heated exchange between the opposition and ruling councillors over the absence of a mechanism to check the quality of drinking water being used at the marriage halls to prepare food.
The meeting was chaired by mayor A K Premajam on Tuesday.
The issue came up in the wake of outbreak of hepatitis B and malaria from various parts of the district.
The mayor agreed to hold a meeting with the Kerala Water Authority(KWA) to take steps to avoid leakage of water in distribution lines to avoid mixing of drinking water with drainage water.
The heated exchange occurred when a joint calling attention motion on spread of hepatitis B and malaria in the various parts moved in the council by K P Abdulla Koya of UDF and Muzafir Ahmmed of CPM came up for discussion at the council.
Abdulla Koya, inviting the attention of mayor, said that four marriage halls were there in the Kuttichira ward. One case of malaria and around 50 hepatitis B cases have been reported in the Kuttichira ward alone. Ahmmed said that a total of 20 persons detected with hepatitis B cases have been admitted to various hospitals in the city. The civic body authorities should take steps to carry out effective preventive measures strengthening the health wing.
The KWA line is situated next to the drainage and the leakage results in mixing up of the drinking water with polluted water, which is the one of the reasons for the spread of hepatitis B.
Health standing committee chairperson Janamma Kunjunni said that the civic body has already taken steps to carry out chlorination."At present the civic body does not have any mechanism to check the quality of water being supplied from Manannchira reservoir and water being used by marriage halls.
The rift occurred when deputy opposition leader Muhammed Ali alleged that the health standing committee chairperson is giving irresponsible reply and the civic body should act fast to check the quality of water being supplied to various parts of the city since it's a matter pertaining to the health of public. The heated exchange of words occurred when Ahmmed said that Muhammed Ali is trying to divert the issue.
The mayor then said that steps will be taken to find a solution as the civic body does not have a facility to check quality of drinking water being used in its limit. In reply to a question raised by UDF councillor N C Moyin Kutty on how many residential flats above 15m are there in the city, the mayor said that there are 69 such flats. And a detailed report on the number of houses in these flats will be given after conducting a survey.
Source - TOI - http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kozhikode/War-of-words-over-water-quality-test/articleshow/27199357.cms
The meeting was chaired by mayor A K Premajam on Tuesday.
The issue came up in the wake of outbreak of hepatitis B and malaria from various parts of the district.
The mayor agreed to hold a meeting with the Kerala Water Authority(KWA) to take steps to avoid leakage of water in distribution lines to avoid mixing of drinking water with drainage water.
The heated exchange occurred when a joint calling attention motion on spread of hepatitis B and malaria in the various parts moved in the council by K P Abdulla Koya of UDF and Muzafir Ahmmed of CPM came up for discussion at the council.
Abdulla Koya, inviting the attention of mayor, said that four marriage halls were there in the Kuttichira ward. One case of malaria and around 50 hepatitis B cases have been reported in the Kuttichira ward alone. Ahmmed said that a total of 20 persons detected with hepatitis B cases have been admitted to various hospitals in the city. The civic body authorities should take steps to carry out effective preventive measures strengthening the health wing.
The KWA line is situated next to the drainage and the leakage results in mixing up of the drinking water with polluted water, which is the one of the reasons for the spread of hepatitis B.
Health standing committee chairperson Janamma Kunjunni said that the civic body has already taken steps to carry out chlorination."At present the civic body does not have any mechanism to check the quality of water being supplied from Manannchira reservoir and water being used by marriage halls.
The rift occurred when deputy opposition leader Muhammed Ali alleged that the health standing committee chairperson is giving irresponsible reply and the civic body should act fast to check the quality of water being supplied to various parts of the city since it's a matter pertaining to the health of public. The heated exchange of words occurred when Ahmmed said that Muhammed Ali is trying to divert the issue.
The mayor then said that steps will be taken to find a solution as the civic body does not have a facility to check quality of drinking water being used in its limit. In reply to a question raised by UDF councillor N C Moyin Kutty on how many residential flats above 15m are there in the city, the mayor said that there are 69 such flats. And a detailed report on the number of houses in these flats will be given after conducting a survey.
Source - TOI - http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kozhikode/War-of-words-over-water-quality-test/articleshow/27199357.cms