Despite numerous complaints over the past four to five days, the issue had not been addressed promptly. The crisis was attributed to a malfunctioning filter in the hospital's water cooler.
Led by Chintu Choukse, leaders of opposition in IMC, corporators and workers of the Congress party reached IMC headquarters raising slogans against the BJP-ruled civic body council.
The Guwahati Municipal Corporation took a laudable step forward when it introduced garbage collection vans with separate colour-coded compartments for the colle