Archive · 6 Oct 2026
Panchalingala Women Protest Two-Week Water Shortage in SC Colony
Women from the SC Colony in Panchalingala say they have had no regular water for two weeks.
They say other parts of the village still receive water.
On Sunday night, they protested on a road with empty pots.
They said they had asked officials for help, but the problem was not fixed.
The women alleged that caste discrimination was part of the problem.
They also accused their local MP, Bastipati Nagaraju, of refusing to help because they had not supported him.
The women said a pipeline brings water to two nearby villages.
They warned they might damage the pipeline if their own water supply is not restored.
The reports do not include responses from the MP or officials.
Women from Panchalingala’s SC Colony staged a late-night road protest with empty vessels on Sunday.
They said their water supply had been stopped for two weeks while other communities received regular supplies.
The women alleged caste-based discrimination and said repeated appeals to officials had not resolved the crisis.
They accused Kurnool MP Bastipati Nagaraju of refusing to intervene because they had not supported him politically.
They said a pipeline supplies Gondiparla and E. Thadrapadu around the clock and warned they might demolish it unless their water supply was restored.
- Who
- Women from Panchalingala’s SC Colony.
- What
- They protested a reported two-week water interruption, alleged discrimination, and demanded an uninterrupted fresh-water supply.
- When
- Sunday night; the women said the shortage had lasted two weeks.
- Where
- Panchalingala village in Kurnool, Andhra Pradesh.
- Why
- The women said their colony lacked water while other communities and nearby villages received supplies.
- Affected locality
- SC Colony, Panchalingala
- Reported shortage
- The women said water supply had been stopped for two weeks.
- Protest
- A late-night road protest with empty vessels took place on Sunday.
- Main demand
- Uninterrupted fresh-water supply to the SC Colony
- MP named by protesters
- Bastipati Nagaraju
- Villages named in pipeline allegation
- Gondiparla and E. Thadrapadu
- Threatened action
- Protesters warned they might demolish the pipeline if the crisis was not resolved.
