SALEM: Opposition AIADMK councillors held a sit-in protest during a regular meeting of the Salem Corporation council on Monday opposing a resolution passed by the DMK-led council to give tenders for managing the 24-hour drinking water supply distribution system to a private company.AIADMK members, led by leader of the opposition Yadava Murthy, protested the resolution which was passed without a discussion. They sat in front of the dais of mayor A Ramachandran. The protest lasted 20 minutes after which the AIADMK councillors walked out of the council meeting.Later, Yadava Murthy told reporters that the resolution stated that the tender was for about Rs 4,315 crore. “If the water distribution system is entrusted with a private company, common people will not be able to use drinking water. There won’t be water supplies in the streets. Water charges will be high. That is why we oppose it,” he said.
