TN-WELL MISSING

TN villagers file police complaint to trace 'missing' well

Dharmapuri (TN), Jan 1 (PTI): In a bizarre incident,

residents of a village near here have approached the police

asking them to trace a drinking water well that went missing

about 50 years ago.

The well, though appears on the village map of Seshappa

Naidu Kottai, cannot be found in the village, said the local

people in their complaint they preferred days ago.

Asked about the complaint, a senior police officer said

the well became a garbage dump over a period of time leaving

no trace of the well and nobody bothered for the last 50

years.

"When people approached us to trace the well, we told

them that the matter does not fall under our domain. Police

cannot do anything about it...it is not police work," he told

PTI.

Local authorities, assisted by the people, have ''now

found the location of the well," that got buried under heaps

of garbage.

Some encroachment in that location was also identified by

the local authorities and they are working to remove it as

well, the officer said.

Steps were being taken to clear the garbage mound,

demarcate the location so that the well could be put to

use in the village, he said.

The village falls under Karimangalam Town Panchayat in

the district.

The incident is a scene straight out of a popular comedy

track of the Tamil film 'Kannum, Kannum'.

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