Condemning the Tuticorin Corporation for the unprecedented hike in drinking water charges, cadres of Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam (DMDK) staged a demonstration near the old corporation office on WGC Road on Wednesday.

Led by N. Shanmugaraja, district president, Tuticorin (South), the cadres demanded the corporation authorities to revoke the new regulation as it would affect the common people. They pointed out that the people cannot afford the threefold increase in the drinking water charges.