Thrissur: Several residents of Karalam panchayat near Irinjalakuda near here who returned to the homes on the Thiruvonam Day after the floods are struggling to get access to clean drinking water.
Though their wells were chlorinated and houses cleaned, the foul smell that came with the mud and silt that filled their premises and entered the well is still prevailing in the homes, they say.
"The well was cleaned and chlorinated but still the bizarre smell of the well water which was earlier used for drinking is still there. It seems water that got mixed with chemicals has come to the area during the heavy floods and due to this bad smell still prevailing in the area, we are not able to sleep properly," Mahesh Pazhambilly a resident of 10th ward at Thanissery in Karalam panchayat said.
There were more than 2000 persons in as many as 19 camps in the panchayat and 700 families were staying in the camps. Except those whose houses were destroyed completely, all other have returned to their homes.
Mahesh said that his family was struggling to get potable water and he could not file a proper complaint to either the ward member or the civic body officials due to Onam holidays.
