BWSSB Bangalore
There have been numerous complaints against the valvemen alleging that they demand bribe from consumers. Many residents want water and don’t mind giving him a few bucks. There have been numerous complaints against the valvemen alleging that they don’t turn on the supply on time and that they demand bribe from consumers. Many residents want [...] Continue Reading »
BWSSB Minister S Suresh Kumar officially announced that rainwater harvesting (RWH) is a compulsory rule and the 56,000 houses identified so far, will have to install them. He said the citizens must reduce their dependence on borewells as the groundwater table had depleted. Among the 100 borewells dug by the BWSSB in 2010, nearly 50 [...] Continue Reading »
The Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) has found a series of lapses on the part of the Karnataka State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB) in preventing pollution in the Bangalore Metropolitan Area (BMA). CAG report nails KSPCB, BDA, BWSSB & KPCL. According to the report for the financial year 2010 tabled in the Assembly, [...] Continue Reading »
The 50 million litres per day (MLD) plant near Marathahalli was built by the BWSSB at an estimated cost of ` 40.2 crore to treat sewage from Kaggadaspura, Bairsandra, Marathahalli and C V Raman Nagar. The treated water is to be released into Varthur lake. The secondary waste water treatment plant at Kadubeesanhalli has literally [...] Continue Reading »
When water supply was restored on Saturday, residents of the water-hit East Bangalore were joyous. But their joy was short-lived. Residents got dirty water. When they opened the taps, all they got was `dirty, black’ and `foul smelling’ water. Even the Monday morning supply got them only contaminated water. Residents in 50 houses at K [...] Continue Reading »
The Bangalore Water Supply And Sewerage Board (BWSSB) has been searching for an elusive electrical mechanic for the last four years. That’s the excuse water board is giving for not repairing equipment of treatment plant or at least that is the reason being cited for releasing untreated sewage into Narasapura lake near Vidyaranyapura. The effluent [...] Continue Reading »
Back syphonage is the biggest risk that contaminates drinking water. 80% of diseases affecting the world are related to water. The solution, according to the World Plumbing Council and the Indian Plumbing Association, is proper plumbing. About 8,500 children die every day because of water-borne diseases, and 80% of diseases affecting the world are related [...] Continue Reading »
Store water or face dry days till Saturday. This seems to be BWSSB’s advice to residents of north, east and central Bangalore. BWSSB had announced water shutdown in east, central and north division on Tuesday. The demand for water has increased by 15%-20% in summer. While the demand reached 1,250 mld (million liters of water [...] Continue Reading »
Residents of Arekere (Ward 193) ransacked BWSSB office at Kodichikkanahalli for not providing drinking water to homes.They complained about severe water shortage in the area. Despite complaints from residents, BWSSB officials turned a deaf ear to our problems.The angry residents reached the BWSSB office around 9 am on wednesday and started a verbal fight with [...] Continue Reading »
Build or lose your vacant sites in Bangalore. Bangalore Development Authority (BDA) will soon issue notices to allottees who had left their sites vacant even five years after purchasing them. It will inform them that if construction has not taken place in vacant spaces even five years after their allotment, the agency has the legal [...] Continue Reading »
