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Weeds in canal results in dry tap in many parts of the city

Friday, June 3rd, 2011

A BWSSB official said massive weeds have been found floating in the open canal between Shiva balancing reservoir and Handihalli that carries 1,800 mld of Cauvery water. This led to obstruction of flow to the Netkal balancing reservoir and supply to Cauvery 4th stage has stopped.

Many parts of East, West, North and South Bangalore will be  affected. Less than a week ago taps ran dry in many parts of the city. But this time, blame it on the growth of weeds.

The affected areas will be BTM Layout, JP Nagar, HSR Layout, HAL area, Domlur, Hoodi, KR Puram, Yelahanka, BIA, Kengeri, Chandra Layout, Nandini Layout, Rajajinagar, Basaveshwarnagar, Mahalakhsmi Layout and surrounding areas.

“At least 100 water board employees are engaged in removing the weeds. We will complete the work by 12am on Friday,” said the official.

Times of India

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State government to bring control on private water suppliers

Tuesday, May 25th, 2010

Considering the situation related to water shortage and private water suppliers taking advantage, the state government is planning to bring control on private water suppliers who are supplying water through tankers. Government is planning to put a ban on the supply of water in tankers by private operators in the city. By controlling private water supply in city, the BBMP and BWSSB bore wells will get water which can be supplied to areas which are facing water problem.

“Water tankers are charging heavily from the people. We are planning to put a ban on the supply of water in tankers by private operators in the city. If private players want to supply drinking water, they must get water from outside the city. We are discussing with legal experts ways on how to curb private water suppliers,” said city in-charge minister R Ashoka.

Apart from this, the state has also decided to set up task forces in all the assembly constituencies in the city under the head of local MLAs. These Task forces will have full powers to take measures to solve the water crisis and to dig bore wells. “We have decided to appoint 150 men for each ward to supply water. In some areas, we will outsource the monitoring of water supply,” said Ashoka.


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New Pipelines in New BBMP Areas will bring cheer to residents

Monday, November 9th, 2009

According to P B Ramamurthy, Chairman, BWSSB, the new water pipelines are being laid as part of the Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Project II, Cauvery Water Supply Scheme – Stage IV Phase II (CWSS) to supply an additional 500 million litres a day (MLD) of water to all new BBMP areas that were not covered before.

This scheme will cover the satellite towns of Byatarayanapura, Bommanahalli, Rajarajeswari Nagar, Yelahanka, Dasarahalli, Krishnarajapuram and Kengeri. With this scheme, 20 percent of the water supply to these newly added areas will be Cauvery water while the rest of it will be from borewells, said the official. The project is funded by the Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC) at an estimated cost of Rs 3,384 crores and will be completed tentatively by 2012.

Cauvery Water Supply Scheme – Stage IV Phase II (CWSS) comprises water supply as well as sewerage works.The water supply component includes abstraction, treatment and transmission to terminal reservoirs in the city. The raw water will be drawn from the Cauvery river at Shiva Balancing Reservoir (SBR) in Mandya and will be treated at Thorekadenahalli (T K Halli) Water Treatment Plant. This project will run parallel to the existing CWSS, Stage I Phase I. The final pumping station will supply water to six proposed ground level reservoirs at Jambusavarigudda (J P Nagar 8 Phase), Koodlu, Uttarahalli, GKVK, Old Madras-Banaswadi Road (OMBR), Hoodi, and Narayanapura.

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Times of India

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