Problem of drinking water

Dear Members!

The letter addressed to the Prl.AG(CA) on the problem of drinking water is posted here for the information of members please.

Yours Rahul.


04-01-2010


To


The Principal Accountant General (Civil Audit),
Andhra Pradesh, Hyderabad.

Sir,

I am directed to bring the following few lines on the acute problem of clean drinking water which the staff of the Principal Accountant General (CA) and Accountant General (C&RA) are facing for your kind consideration and early favourable action.

The offices of Principal Accountant General (CA) and Accountant General (C&RA) have been provided with water purifiers and water coolers in all the floors. A random visit to any of these water coolers would reveal that either they are out of condition or poorly maintained. The filters attached to the coolers are also not working all the times. The coolers provided are not having an option of normal and cool water and the water in the coolers is too chilled to drink.

The water cooler platforms are unhygienic and have become haven for mosquitoes and other insects. A pool of stagnating water around the water coolers is a regular unpleasant sight.

There are also many apprehensions about the quality of drinking water, maintenance of sumps, pipelines and over-head tanks.

Due to the above inconveniences and apprehensions, the staff of the offices is forced to purchase packaged drinking water from private vendors at their own expenses.

The purchase of packaged drinking water from private vendors is adversely affecting the working environment in the Office. The staff is already facing the shortage of proper working space and now the placing of the drinking water cans in the sections has aggravated the problem. The office furniture is being used for placing the packaged drinking water cans and the dustbins are being used to hold waste water. Sometimes the water spill on the floor causing the staff to slip and damaging the furniture and other office equipment and also leading to altercations among the staff.

Here, it is not out of context to mention that, a few higher officers and their supporting staff are procuring the packaged drinking water at the office expenses and the rest of the staff is being forced to purchase drinking water at their own expenses. This is purely a discriminatory practice as the drinking water is a basic need for any human being.

We hope, a comprehensive drinking water policy would be evolved and implemented immediately as the summer in Hyderabad would approach early i.e., in the mid-February when the demand for drinking water would increase.

Thanking you,

Yours faithfully,
Sd/-
P. RAHUL
(General Secretary)

Copy to AG(C&RA), AP, Hyderabad.