On the land of Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu of kuppam district since 1989, despite the administrative efforts to run over the drinking water crisis, several villages are struggling under water crisis since decades.
There is no permanent source of drinking water for this tail-end region except for groundwater. The November 2015 because of good rains got some relief to Kuppam, which generally dip to 1,000 to 1200 feet. Every summer additional funds given to the constituency to tackle the water crisis.
During the previous system of the TDP before 2004, with its course from Karnataka to Tamil Nadu via Kuppam, and after the TDP returned to power in bifurcated Andhra Pradesh in 2014, the height of the check dams was increased by a couple of feet. Despite these measures, the last time people saw water in Palar river was seven years ago.
Villages around Kuppam town are facing severe water problem, and there have been reports of women staging protests. Yesterday, people of Dalavai Kothapalle hamlet staged a demonstration at the mandal office in Kuppam, demanding water.As of now, residents of Kuppam are being supplied with water once in three days, leading to an uneasy situation.