Bhopal: Water scarcity at Shankracharya Homes in Baghsevaniya has forced its 80 families to consume unsafe red water leading to stomach infection and other ailments.
Red water is the generic term for water with high-particulate iron concentrations due to corrosion by-product release.
High iron concentrations in the source water can cause red water problems, while leaks can be caused by corrosive soil acting on the outside of the pipes as well as by corrosive water acting on the inside of the pipes.
The residents so now have to depend on borewell which has red water.
Consumption of unsafe red water has led to various stomach issues and many people of the society have complained about it, he added.
We have no option.
We are compelled to consume contaminated water after missing it with Narmada water h. We have complained and written over 50 letters to Mayor, BMC officials and engineers but to no avail,” said Sharma expressing utter helplessness.
The 66-year-old forest officer further said, “We have personal borewell, but since its water was red we applied for bulk Narmada water connection in January 2012 and paid Rs 2.70 lakh to BMC in July 2015.
Finally we got connections in April14, 2016.” But the water being supplied by BMC is not sufficient to meet the requirement of the residents.
We must take action, if we get such complaint.