Port Blair, April 17: CPI (M) Port Blair City Area Committee has organized a Mass Demonstration today (17.04.2023) evening in front of the office of the Port Blair Municipal Council at Aberdeen Bazar to protest against the indiscriminate curtailment in the water supply to the residents of Port Blair town and rural South Andaman areas. 

Addressing the gathering, D. Ayyappan, Secretary, CPI (M) A & N State Organising Committee came down heavily on the BJP government at the Centre and its Administration for the curtailment of water supply and frequent power cut and said that at present water is supplied once in four days and it may change to once in a week as done during 2020.  He said that the BJP government has utterly failed to provide water to a small population of two lakhs in the Port Blair town and South Andaman rural areas despite spending hundreds of crores of rupees for increasing the height of the existing Dhanikhari Dam and for the Rutland Water Project.  He expressed concern over the fact that despite the inauguration of the Rutland water project and announcement of supply of sufficient water to the residents in any season, the required water is not being brought from Rutland. He demanded an investigation by a specialized agency in respect of the implementation of the Rutland Water Project in view of the reported corruption in the implementation of the project.     

Laxman Rao, State Secretariat Member while addressing the gathering said that the BJP has come to power in the PBMC by making false promises to the voters. He said that Port Blair is reeling under severe water crisis and held BJP and Congress responsible for it. SP Kalairajan, State Committee Member also spoke on the occasion. B. Chandrachoodan, State Secretariat Member was also present. The Mass Demonstration was led by P. Sathyapal, State Committee Member and BC Bhattacharjee, R. Surendran Pillai, Haneefa T and Shyamal Koley, Area Committee Members.   A large number of party workers of Port Blair town attended the mass demonstration.