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Guntur launches chlorination drive after Cyclone Murasu floods
The Story in Brief
The Rural Water Supply Department has started chlorinating and super-chlorinating drinking water schemes across Guntur district after floods from Cyclone Murasu. The drive was launched on Wednesday (4 November) on the directions of District Collector C.M. Saikanth Varma, as soon as the cyclone’s intensity eased.
Covered villages include Nimmagadda Varipalem, Kantheru, Visadala, Mandapadu, Bheemuni Varipalem, Sowpadu, Narakoduru and Perecherla. Superintending Engineer K. Kalyana Chakravarthy is overseeing the inspections. All water supply schemes had been filled to capacity before the cyclone as a precaution.
The department says it is taking all necessary steps, but residents have been advised to boil drinking water thoroughly before consumption to guard against waterborne diseases.
Indian Opinion Analysis
The district’s advance storage of water before Cyclone Murasu made the chlorination drive possible immediately after the floods receded, narrowing the window for contamination. Rural residents bear the direct cost of the precaution: boiling all drinking water until the department declares the supply safe. No testing results or timeline for lifting the boil-water advisory were given, leaving households without a clear end date for the extra measure. The department’s next step is to maintain chlorination across the eight named villages and any others affected, while field staff continue scheme-by-scheme inspections.
Source: thehindu.com
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