People in Bengaluru will face a 24-hour water supply disruption between February 27-28, the authorities have said. The Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board (BWSSB) said that the water supply in major parts of the Karnataka capital will remain disrupted from 6 am on February 27 to 6 am on February 28.
BWSSB stated that it is scheduled to undertake emergency maintenance works and install Unaccounted For Water (UFW) bulk flow metres, The New Indian Express reported.
According to BWSSB, water supply will remain affected in areas like:
Nandini Layout.
BHEL Layout.
Srinivasa Nagar.
Jaimaruthi Nagar.
Badavane.
Sakamma Layout.
Jnanaganganagar.
Narasimha Swamy Layout.
Muneshwara Nagar.
Jnana Jyothi Nagar.
Mallathahalli.
RHBCS Layout 1st and 2nd stage.
NGEF Layout.
Part of ITI Layout.
1st & 2nd Stage Railway Layout.
Byraweshwaranagar.
Sunkadakatte.
Jaya Lakshmamma Layout.
Kebbehalla.
Chandana Layout.
Chandrashekar Layout.
Geology Layout.
Narasapura.
Kandaya Layout.
Mulakattamma Layout.
Part of Papareddypalya.
BEL 1st and 2nd Stage.
Byadarahalli.
Upkar Layout.
Bilekallu.
Surrounding areas of West Bengaluru.
Bengaluru North: Dasarahalli and RR Nagar zone
East Bengaluru:
A Narayanapura.
Udaya Nagar.
Andhra Colony.
VSR Layout.
Indira Gandhi Street.
Jyothi Nagara.
Dargamahall.
Sakamma Layout.
Vignana Nagar under Vignana Nagar Service.
Station.
Akshaynagar.
MEG Layout.
Ramesh Nagar.
Veerbhadra Nagar.
Shiva Shakti Colony under Jagadish Nagar Service Station.
Nallur Puram.
Ramesh Nagar.
Reddy Palya.
Vibhuthipura.
Annasandra Palya.
LBS Nagar.
Amid concerns over rising water scarcity in Karnataka, Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar recently said that around 20% of the Bengaluru city received water through tankers. More than 5,000 houses in the city are dependent on borewells for their water needs, he noted.
The Karnataka Deputy CM noted that BWSSB has been providing 10,000 litres of water every month in 103 slums of the city since 2017. Issues like water fee modification are impeding the expansion of the city's Cauvery water supply area, he added.
According to Shivakumar, the state government has been unable to increase the water rates since 2013 despite the hike in power bills and other expenditures of the BWSSB. He attributed the delay in the revision of rates to "political reasons".
(Edited by : Sudarsanan Mani)
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