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Scores of the residents of the Motia Heights, Dhakoli including that of women and elderly people had held a protest in front of the housing society last day against the builders for not giving them the facilities that they have been promised off. The protest was being led by Rajinder Singh Sawhney, the president of [...] Continue Reading »
Due to water scarcity, contamination of water and diseases, the government of Karnataka may have to vacate half of Bangalore in the next ten years. According to sources, lab results at the Public Health Institution and the Department of Mines and Geology of the state government revealed that 52 percent of the borewell water and [...] Continue Reading »
People think that water crisis is the major problem in Bangalore. But a survey, conducted by a non-profit organisation had disclosed that only 28 percent of water in the city is potable. The non-profit organisation started the survey from mid of January in all 198 wards of Bangalore city. The survey will be done on [...] Continue Reading »
Residents of western, southern and south eastern parts of Bangalore are facing water crisis as Bangalore Water Supply And Sewerage Board (BWSSB) is trying hard to plug leakage in the Cauvery 4th Stage Phase I pipeline. According to sources, the leakage occurred because of soil-testing work taken up by BMRC near Bangalore University on Mysore [...] Continue Reading »
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. Bangalore was hit by drought last year, which resulted in the depletion of water levels in Cauvery basin reservoirs. From November 2012, new areas of Bruhat Bangalore [...] Continue Reading »
The residents of ward 3 of Brajrajnagar Municipality are suffering from water crisis. The area of Abhaypur in Jharsuguda is considered to be one of the most dry pockets of Brajrajnagar. Due to the presence of three mines, groundwater level has recedes to the extent that even deep bore-wells are not working. The municipality has [...] Continue Reading »
