Residents of Hasakothur village in Kammarpally mandal, under the aegis of the Village Development Committee, on Tuesday expressing anger at the alleged apathy of the authorities in fixing the major valve in the main pipeline of the Choutupally Hanmanth Reddy lift irrigation scheme unanimously resolved not to attend Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao’s election meeting to be held here on Wednesday.
They also resolved not to cast their vote if the issue was not solved till the election. The issue leaking valve has given rise to tension between Choutupally and Hasakothur villages.in sharing of water for drinking and irrigation, which have to share the water in the ratio of 65:35, VDC chairman Eleti Linga Reddy said.
Despite a number of representations being made over the last six months the authorities didn’t respond, forcing villagers to suffer hardship.