In the Maheshwaram constituency's Jalpally municipality borders, there have allegedly been years of blatant encroachments over waterbodies and nalas, which has now led to water blockage in various colonies and a lack of suitable outlets to wash away flood water. Since dirt and water clogs continue to be a health danger to the inhabitants in some wards, initiatives like installing roads and sewage lines are also not working. In numerous wards, sewage pipes are totally absent, resulting in a frequent scene of filth coming from septic tanks on the streets and accumulating at the corners. The government recently unveiled steps to cement the roads, however, they only cleaned up a small number of the streets while the majority still present an unwholesome image.

"While poor access to sewage systems and roads made life difficult for locals, the lack of public health services like Urban Primary health Centres and Community health Centres has only made our problems worse. Due to a lack of sufficient sanitary measures and medical facilities, such as hospitals, children, adults, and seniors are all suffering from various seasonal and chronic illnesses, according to Mohd Shaker, a resident of the Errakunta region under the jurisdiction of the Jalpally municipality.

Another local confirmed the same Shaikh Ahmed, said, "Recently, the smallest amount of rain has caused streets and corners of colonies to transform into pools of squalor and mud. In some of the wards, the government has implemented steps like changing dirt roads into cement ones as the elections get near, but this would just make things worse because the roads were built quickly without any sewage connections.

"After seeing that the municipality doesn't want to install sewage lines before cementing the roads, we stepped forward to fund the construction of such a facility at Abubakar Colony last year. Obaidullah, a resident of Abubakar Colony, said, "This is not just a problem in our ward; choices were made by the people in a number of other streets in the municipality.

"The city officials believe that the encroachments over the nalas going out at various communities were the root cause of the crisis. The issue has really been caused in most of the places by the difficulty in locating outlets to connect it to the recently constructed sewage system. However, despite our best efforts, we have made progress in a number of areas, according to a municipal official who spoke on the record.
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29/09/2023 10:00 AM