PONDA, March 7 -- "Let them eat cake" is the most famous quote attributed to the French queen Marie-Antoinette. It was the queen's response when told that her starving peasant subjects had no bread, during the French Revolution

Most people of Sacorda may not have heard of the French Queen and the quote linked to her, but they have been forced to do something similar. Buy water, since the state hasn't been able to give them clean water for fifteen days.

Perhaps that state is also telling them, "If there is no water, drink soda"

Faced with a water crisis for the past fortnight due to pollution in Ragada River and inaction from the PWD to supply potable water, four Sacorda villagers took the matter into their own hands by hiring a tanker ...