Women stage road blockade seeking drinking water near Thalavadi
Residents of Erahanahalli village staged a road blockade to protest the lack of drinking water supply, which has persisted for several months. Local officials have promised to provide water via tankers and explore new borewell sites to resolve the crisis.
Why it matters
It illustrates the ongoing challenges of water scarcity and infrastructure failure in rural areas, leading to direct community action.
Women residents of Erahanahalli village near Thalavadi staged a road blockade with empty pots on Monday (August 31, 2026), demanding immediate supply of drinking water. Traffic on the Erahanahalli road was affected for about an hour.
More than 300 families reside in the village, which comes under Diginarai panchayat. The residents said drinking water had not been supplied to the village for the past few months. They had been fetching water from nearby agricultural fields, but the water sources there had also started drying up. Despite repeated representations to the panchayat administration, no steps had been taken to address the issue, the residents alleged.
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