House adjourned twice

Demanding an immediate  discussion on  water drinking problem in the state the Telugu Desam party legislators along with the Left party legislators disrupted the  proceedings in the Assembly on Thursday.

With the Opposition storming the speaker’s podium and urging the  speaker to  take up  the water scarcity  issue through  an adjournment motion, the House was first adjourned  for 15  minutes and  then for another 30 minutes.

Chief Minister K Rosaiah confessed that the water problem was serious but at the same time steps are being taken up by the Government to overcome the water crisis.  `` The Government is reviewing the situation week after week and steps are being taken to meet the drinking water crisis,’’ the CM said.

However, the CM’s reply on water shortage did not satisfy the TDP and Left parties’ legislators who insisted on taking up  with the issue. This led to the first adjournment.

Even after the break the opposition legislators continued in the same vein and the  deputy speaker Nadendla  Manohar who was in the chair  had to adjourn  the House for another 30 minutes.

Earlier in the morning the opposition legislators entered the Assembly premises carrying empty vessels symbolizing  the scarcity of drinking  water.

Before entering  the Assembly  the Opposition party legislators holding empty vessels were indulged in a mock street brawl near a drinking water tanker at the Gun Park.