IN PEOPLE’S SERVICE

■ Anaicut DMK MLA AP Nandakumar hired earthmovers by paying from his pocket to divert water to Saduperi from Palar River at Virinchipuram, 16 km from Vellore, on Monday

■ With the heavy flow in Palar expected to continue for another 10 days, steps have to be taken to ensure that the available water is saved. might Similar flow might not be there after a some days, the MLA said

■ Inflow into the Otteri lake on Tiruvannamalai Road in Vellore were hampered after the forest department constructed a check dam in the upper reaches

Neither the PWD nor the Collector whom we approached heeded our pleas about utilising the flows in the Palar. Even when we conducted a demonstration in front of the PWD office at Katpadi, they remained unmoved

AP Nandakumar, Anaicut MLA