The quality of water carried in tanker lorries as drinking water has now come under the scanner with the city police seizing four lorries carrying contaminated water.
The lorries seized recently were commercially supplying water drawn from the well of the house of the owner of the vehicles. The contaminated water was being supplied to several flats and other residences in the city.
City police said they had received complaints about poor quality of drinking water supplied in tanker lorries in different parts of the city.
The police said they would work in tandem with the Health Department and Food Safety officials to curb the sale of contaminated water in the city.
“All vehicles supplying drinking water have to carry licence issued by the Food Safety Department. The source from which they take the water also has to be licensed. It is now mandatory for the tanker lorries supplying water to have the licence details painted on their sides,” said Food Safety Assistant Commissioner K. Ajith Kumar.
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