Sewer water contaminated water in borewells
Instead of plugging the leak, BWSSB staff found a shortcut by connecting the manhole to an adjoining storm water drain, leading to contamination of over 100 borewells in the locality.
Overflowing manholes are nothing new to the city. But BWSSB staff in Malleswaram’s South End Road found a shortcut by connecting the manhole to an adjoining storm water drain, leading to contamination of over 100 borewells in the locality.
Residents of this locality have given several written complaints to the BWSSB to rectify the problem. Even though they rectify the problem, the solution was not permanent. Residents of South End Road and Sirur Park road in Malleswaram says “If you have a overflowing manhole in your locality, then don’t go to the Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board (BWSSB) staff. Instead of plugging the leak,they mixed up pipelines, resulting in contaminated water over 100 borewells in the locality.”
A team of BWSSB officials visited the spot yesterday, and promised to rectify the problem as soon as possible. Engineer-in-Chief T Venkataraju said, “We will have to find out whether it is an internal sewage leakage or from the main line. We will correct the problem in a week’s time.”
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