Udaipur, May 19, 2023, TRIPURATIMES Desk

Udaipur May 19: The scorching heatwave has taken a toll on the people of Canal Chowmuhani area in Phulkumari under Udaipur sub-division, who have been grappling with acute water crisis since long days.

In view of this, Friday, women of the area blocked the Udaipur-Sabroom Road in protest.

As many as 50 local women took to the streets to demonstrate against the severe shortage of drinking water.

One of the protestors expressed her frustration saying, “Repeated number of times complaints were made to the concerned authorities regarding the water crisis. But nothing has been done to solve the problem”.

The women alleged, “We were promised to be given water supply connections at every household and a permanent solution of the important issue of water crisis by the concerned officials and political leaders of the area. But we got nothing”.

“For the past 10 days, no water vehicle came to our area following which we are facing acute drinking water crisis”, she added.

Although the road blockade continued for long hours, officials of the water resource department could not be seen on spot.

Later after long hours of protest, the women lifted the agitation on promise of distribution of water immediately by the officials.

However, the agitating women of the area demanded a permanent solution to the issue of water shortage at the earliest.