Jayalalithaa commends youth for timely action

A month ago, S. Vijay, a youth of Dharmapuri district working in a private company, sensed that rat poison might have been mixed with water of a potable water tank in Mettukottai village of Panakulam panchayat, Pennagaram taluk, as he found traces of the poison in the vicinity of the tank. [This tank of two lakh litre capacity provides water to people in Pikkali panchayat, forming part of the Hogenakkal drinking water supply project.]

Immediately, Mr. Vijay had contacted not just an official of the panchayat to close the inlet and outlet of the tank so that the polluted water was not distributed for consumption but also cautioned the Pikkali panchayat president to stop the distribution of water from 11 overhead tanks, which received the supply from the Mettukottai tank.

On hearing Mr Vijay’s timely action, Chief Minister Jayalalithaa commended him and presented him a cheque for Rs. 1 lakh from the Chief Minister’s Public Relief Fund.