PANAJI
The Aam Aadmi Party along with the local villagers protested in front of Pernem taluka PWD office over acute shortage of water supply in Tuem village.
AAP convener Rahul Mhambre along with local villagers protested in front of Pernem taluka PWD office, Locals villagers are facing acute shortage of water supply. During AAP’s Veej Andolan meeting in Tuem it came to notice that the people are facing lot of problem related to drinking water. This problem is not just of Tuem people previously we had visited Chapora village and they had similar problems related to water.
“The MLA of this constituency has built a toilet worth Rs 1 crore and is proudly speaking about it, what is the use of that toilet if there is no water supply, the pipelines which are narrow and are very old needs frequent repairs,” said AAP leader Adv Prasad Shahporkar.
“We are in the 60th liberation year and our government has got Rs 300 crore funds from the Centre, but what is the condition of Goa? Goans don’t get proper drinking water. You’ll are thinking of spending this Rs 300 crore on various programmes and functions, first provide proper water supply to the Goans,” said Rahul Mhambre. There has been frequent water supply issues all across Goa, especially in North Goa. Locals have been voicing these issues during Veej Andolan corner meetings.
“I would like to tell Chief Minister Pramod Sawant that for Goans to celebrate the 60th liberation, it is imperative that you should use Rs 300 crore fund to implement Har Ghar Jal Yojna on ground and not just on papers, it is now clear that your claim of 100% tap water connection and continuous water supply was a complete lie,” Mhambre said.
“Locals protesting for water supply said that if this is the condition of water supply in the month of February, then we are going to have very tough time during summers. Locals supported AAP’s initiative of raising basic issues
and said that at least Aam Aadmi Party is working on ground and standing with us,” Mhambre added.
