BENGALURU: Residents of over 10 villages in Doddaballapur assembly constituency have rescinded their decision to boycott the elections after the Bengaluru Rural district administration made arrangements for supply of potable water to them.
The villagers had earlier decided to either boycott or choose 'None of the above' option to register their protest against the government's allged failure to stop polluting lakes in Arkavathi river basin. They alleged that the polluted lakes had affected the quality of drinking water they could access. More than a thousand voters had given their consent to support the campaign. The villagers even handed over a letter in this regard to the Doddaballapur assembly constituency's election officer and assistant commissioner of Doddaballapur subdivision N Tejas Kumar.
Kumar visited Chikkatumakuru and Doddatumakuru lakes and found that the villagers' demands were justified. The district administration held a meeting with the representatives of Doddatumakuru and Majara Hosahalli Gram Panchayat Kere Horata Samiti which had started a signature campaign.
The administration agreed to supply drinking water to these villages from Jakkalamadagu dam, which is also the source of water for Doddaballapur and Chikkaballapur towns. They arranged at least six to eight water tankers each day to the villages. The administration is aiming to supply water to all RO plants in 14 villages that come under Majara Hosahalli and Doddatumakuru gram panchayats.
The villagers alleged that Majara Hosahalli and Doddatumakuru lakes are polluted with inflow of waste from Bashettihalli industrial area, and sewage water from Doddaballapur city municipal council and Bashettihalli town panchayat.
Samiti's member Vasanth Kumar TK said the district administration has agreed to supply drinking water as an immediate solution and has assured them that it would find a permanent solution soon.
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