Sri Vijaya Puram, Dec. 13: During his recent visit to Middle Andaman, D. Ayyappan, Secretary, CPI (M) State Organising Committee had interacted with the villagers of Bakultala, Urmilapur and Kaushalyanagar. Villagers had drawn the attention of the CPI (M) Secretary towards the shortage of drinking water in the three Gram Panchayat areas of Betapur, Urmilapur and Kaushalyanagar. CPI (M) Secretary on reaching Port Blair, has sent a letter to the Chief Engineer, APWD bringing to his notice the above issue and said that while drinking water is supplied to the residents on alternate days throughout the Andaman & Nicobar Islands, the residents of the above three Gram Panchayats are being supplied water after every two days i.e. once in three days.