Registration for tankers begins

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For the first time in the state, the city corporation has launched a registration drive of tankers supplying drinking water to the city.

On Friday, mayor Tony Chammany inaugurated the registration process at the corporation’s Edappally zonal office.

The state government has recently directed all local bodies to make registration compulsory for water tankers to ensure quality supply of drinking water.

“On Friday, a team of corporation health officials led by health officer Dr. Santha inspected 217 tankers. Those lorries which lacked proper documents have been instructed to rectify the anomalies within 15 days,” said T.K Ashraf, chairman, health standing committee.

The move comes in the background of media reports that drinking water distributed in the city was contaminated.

DC published a report on Friday about the indefinite delay in starting the compulsory registration procedure for water tankers, which was announced by the mayor early this month.

“All tankers distributing drinking water in the city should be registered with the corporation, painted blue and the registration number should be clearly displayed on the vehicle. Strict action will be taken against erring tanker owners,” informed the mayor.

Strict action would be taken against unregistered tankers supplying water. If any unregistered tanker is found distributing water, its permit will be cancelled, he added.

A joint inspection by civic officials and the health department with the support of the police will be launched soon to seize tankers which flout the regulations.

According to the records, there are only 217 authorised water tankers in the city. However, nearly 400 lorries are distributing water in the city.