CPI(M) flags supply of untreated drinking water to 16 villages

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The Communist Party of India (Marxist) has flagged concerns over the supply of untreated drinking water to 16 villages in India due to a breakdown of the water treatment motor at Vazhavallan. This raises public health concerns about water safety in the affected areas.

The petitioners said the motor used for treating the drinking water at the overhead tank at Vazhavallan had broken down two years ago, and hence waster was supplied directly to the villages without any purification