<p>The city municipal council (CMC) witnessed an uproar here on Wednesday, with councillors demanding immediate supply of drinking water to the district headquarters.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Enraged CMC members demanded resignation of the president and vice-president for failing to resolve the issue. Venting their ire against the CMC commissioner, they demanded that steps be taken to provide drinking water to the city immediately.<br /><br />As soon as the meeting started, BJP members C S Mahadevanayak, Sundar Raj, C C Govindaraju, Chandrashekar and others staged a protest by displaying empty pots and shouted slogans against the CMC president, vice-president and commissioner.<br /><br />Mahadevanayak said despite the residents facing acute problems due to scarcity of water, the president and vice-president had failed to take up the issue. <br /><br />Despite the problem occurring regularly, no long-term solution has been planned, he added.<br />CMC commissioner V H Krishnamurthy said water supply was disrupted for two days due to road widening of NH-212 near T Narsipur. <br /><br />The delay was due to Karnataka Urban Water Supply and Sewage Board executing works. The deputy commissioner has been urged to take action against the officials, he said.<br /><br />Councillors T S Prabha and Lingaraju complained that mobile phones of the president and commissioner are switched off whenever they try to bring the issue to their notice.<br /><br />Even as members raised slogans and demanded an answer for the delay, president Bhagyamma and vice-president Selvi Babu remained silent. After the members staged a walkout, Bhagyamma said that the members were not giving her an opportunity to talk.<br /></p>
<p>The city municipal council (CMC) witnessed an uproar here on Wednesday, with councillors demanding immediate supply of drinking water to the district headquarters.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Enraged CMC members demanded resignation of the president and vice-president for failing to resolve the issue. Venting their ire against the CMC commissioner, they demanded that steps be taken to provide drinking water to the city immediately.<br /><br />As soon as the meeting started, BJP members C S Mahadevanayak, Sundar Raj, C C Govindaraju, Chandrashekar and others staged a protest by displaying empty pots and shouted slogans against the CMC president, vice-president and commissioner.<br /><br />Mahadevanayak said despite the residents facing acute problems due to scarcity of water, the president and vice-president had failed to take up the issue. <br /><br />Despite the problem occurring regularly, no long-term solution has been planned, he added.<br />CMC commissioner V H Krishnamurthy said water supply was disrupted for two days due to road widening of NH-212 near T Narsipur. <br /><br />The delay was due to Karnataka Urban Water Supply and Sewage Board executing works. The deputy commissioner has been urged to take action against the officials, he said.<br /><br />Councillors T S Prabha and Lingaraju complained that mobile phones of the president and commissioner are switched off whenever they try to bring the issue to their notice.<br /><br />Even as members raised slogans and demanded an answer for the delay, president Bhagyamma and vice-president Selvi Babu remained silent. After the members staged a walkout, Bhagyamma said that the members were not giving her an opportunity to talk.<br /></p>
