Water supplied for half-an-hour once in 2 days at Hejamadi

May 23: Water crisis has aggravated in Hejamadi Gram Panchayat and the village residents are struggling to get even a potful of water. Water from five open wells and two borewells are used to supply water in the gram panchayat limits. Due to lack of pre monsoon showers, the groundwater level has declined drastically. Further, the salinity level in the well water increases after March, forcing the residents to struggle to fetch water.
The Gram Panchayat fills 5,000 litres of water once in two days to the Shuddha drinking water unit. A borewell has been opened in front of the Panchayat office. As the borewell failed to get water, however, the residents face inconvenience.
Hejamadi Gram Panchayat development officer Mamatha Y Shetty said that the tender has been floated for supplying water through tankers to the water-hit areas. Water from a private well at Patara is supplied to Kokrani area.