MAPUSA: Tension prevailed in Mapusa on Tuesday as residents of the town took to the street and resorted to a morcha, upset over acute water shortage since the last six days.
Following no water supply during the ongoing Ganesh Chaturthi festival, angry residents of Mapusa marched to the water supply division of public works department or PWD demanding that water supply be restored immediately.
The residents gheraoed water supply engineer and subsequently blocked the road in front of the PWD.
With taps running dry in the midst of the festive season, people have been severely inconvenienced.
The residents questioned assistant engineer Subhash Belgaonkar about the water shortage and when the supply would be regularised.
Subsequently, calls were made to a senior officer by the assistant engineer but it proved futile as there was no response.
After waiting in the office for almost an hour, the agitators later decided to block the main road in front of the PWD office.
Police inspector Tushar Lotlikar and some local leaders convinced the assistant engineer to provide an assurance to the agitators to release water.
Belgaonkar later said that water supply to one part of the town will be regularised by evening while another part of the town will be supplied water by Wednesday morning following which the residents cleared the road.
“We will stop water supply to other areas and provide water to Mapusa residents, as they have not received water for almost a week,” Belgaonkar said.