Water supply in Bangalore

Q: Is the civic body planning any thing for the water supply this summer?

Ananya,

9th January 2013

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The committee is planning to utilize the dead storage for drinking water purpose. Water resources minister said the machinery utilized for pumping water from dead storage would be upgraded in a fortnight. The government would monitor consumption to reduce the usage and curtail the wastage of water, during the summer. BWSSB minister requested the citizens not to panic and instead co-operate with judicious use of water.

Harsha Mahipal , Bangalore

27th January 2013

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At present, Bangalore gets water every alternative day, which is kind of a rationing. Hence, any further rationing would merely suggest increasing the non-supply water days.

Lekshmi,

27th January 2013

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Every month, Bangalore city needs 1.5 tmc of water and it would require 7.5 tmc of water for the next five months. Channapatna, Ramanagaram, Mysore, Mandya, and other towns in the basin require 3,5 tmc of water for next five months. They are planning to manage the drinking water requirement with the existing storage and inflows.

Dwarkesh,

27th January 2013

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Hope the state can provide sufficient water to the city because the present water supply in Bangalore city is 900 MLD while the city demands 1,683 MLD (million litres per day). From Cauvery it draws 810 MLD of water while the rest comes from TG Halli and other sources. After the completion of Cauvery II phase IV stage the water supply is expected to increase to 1,310 MLD.

Pranab Malakar,

27th January 2013

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The state government is planning to divide the water supply proportionately to the city as the water levels in Kabini and Krishna Raja Sagar (KRS) dams went down. However, Karnataka government has promised to supply enough drinking water for Bangalore, Mysore and other towns dependent on Cauvery.

Samrat,

10th January 2013

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