As the mercury level is soaring up, water scarcity has begun to haunt many areas across the State. But the residents of Station Road in Chhatrapur town in Ganjam district have started a lottery system for deciding the order in which they will be allowed to fetch water from supply pipe.
This has been done to ensure there is no quarrelling among the people to get water. According to sources, earlier, the women of the locality were engaged in disputes over getting water as it is reportedly being supplied once in a day through the pipe.
However, soon the idea of starting lottery to get water struck their mind. “We are facing water scarcity issue for the last four years.
We had visited the concerned JE in this regard, but no action has been taken so far. Normally, the first three persons in the queue get water before the supply stops for the day while the rest face severe inconveniences,” a woman of the locality said.