Water shortage in Bangalore
The Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) is the administrative body responsible for the civic and infrastructural assets of the Greater Bangalore metropolitan area Residents staying in localities like Thanisandra, Marathahall, Halsoor, Koramangala, HSR Layout and Begur which comes under BBMP limit are facing problems like water shortage and sanitation facilities, improper drainage, sewage problem and [...] 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 Bangalore and Mysore should get ready to face water woes this summer as the two cities are staring at a deficit of 4.17 tmc ft of water until May end. The water left in Cauvery basin can only full fill one-third of Bangalore’s water requirement and the rest two-third of the city’s water [...] 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 »
Bangalore witnessed water shortage for a whole day from noon to night recently as confirmed by the Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board (BWSSB). A total of 18-20 hours of power shutdown was reviewed by the water board earlier and they had planned to switch on the pumps when the power system work completes. BWSSB [...] Continue Reading »
The citizens of Bangalore can now sigh of relief! Attending various block and localities in Bangalore city, realizing the worse conditions the BWSSB has promised to clear all the water woes in the city. If it was only water shortage or woes, BWSSB’s promise would have brought in major change. However, the residents living in [...] Continue Reading »
