Salty, foul drinking water worries ADW hostel students in Chinna Thadagam

OWING to the lack of safe drinking water facilities, students residing in the Adi Dravidar and Tribal Welfare department hostel in Chinna Thadagam, on the outskirts of Coimbatore, are being forced to use the salty borewell water for drinking and other sanitary needs.

- R KIRUBAKARAN @ Coimbatore

Even as medical professionals have warned against consuming untreated borewell water, the students are helpless, and are forced to drink the same.

Aravind (name changed), a Class 10 student from Kallakurichi and a resident of the hostel, expressed concerns as the water available at the hostel is difficult to drink due to its salty taste and unusual odour. "We have repeatedly requested clean drinking water, but no action has been taken."

Students are worried as the situation has persisted since the hostel's opening 10 years ago.