Hyderabad, April 21 -- Residents of Munigalaveedu village in Nellikuduru mandal, Mahabubabad district, staged a road blockade on Monday, April 21, protesting the village and mandal administration's alleged negligence in addressing the drinking water crisis.

Speaking with the media, the villagers claimed that for the past 10 days, two open wells and three borewells supplying water to the gram panchayat have been in a defunct state.

"When we urged the panchayat secretary and the mandap parishad development officer (MPDO), they said there were no funds for the repair work. They asked us to mobilise money and promised to reimburse after the bills are paid," said a villager.

The villagers said that the previous BRS government had provided a...