Bengaluru Water Crisis: On Bengaluru water crisis, Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah said, today I had a meeting with BWSSB, BBMP and Energy Department. Out of 14,000 borewells in Bengaluru, 6900 are dry. All the lakes have almost dried up. Bengaluru requires 2600 MLD of water every day…In June we will provide water to all the 110 villages around Bengaluru. We have enough water in Kabini and KRS dam. We expect monsoon in the first or second week of June.
CM Siddaramaiah made such an appeal to the people
On Bengaluru water crisis, Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah said, I have told my officials to use water tankers to provide water. We have 142 control rooms. I have asked them to step it up – to identify where the problem is, to supply water and to respond immediately to complaints. CM Siddaramaiah has advised people that for vehicle cleaning and other problems, please do not use drinking water. He advised to use recycled water.
People are adopting many methods to get rid of water problem.
To deal with the severe water crisis in Bengaluru, the citizens there are doing many innovations like working from home, taking bath every other day, ordering food from outside twice a week, using disposable utensils etc.
Severe water crisis in these areas of Bengaluru
Water crisis has become a serious matter of concern for Bengaluru residents, especially those living in Whitefield, KR Puram, Electronic City, RR Nagar, Kengeri and CV Raman Nagar. People living in high-rise apartments with water harvesting facilities are also now dependent on water tankers for drinking water. In such a situation, many types of restrictions have been imposed.
In view of water crisis, school was also closed
Eateries based in Bengaluru are considering using disposable cups, glasses and plates to avoid excessive water usage. Regarding the deepening water crisis in Bengaluru, many schools and building associations have come out with posters like ‘No rain, no water’, ‘Water everywhere but not even a drop to drink’, ‘Conserve water’ etc. Expressing your views on this topic. Due to the water crisis, a coaching center in the city has recently asked its students to study through online classes for a week. Similarly, a school on Bannerghatta Road was also closed and they have also asked students to study through online classes, as they used to do during the Covid pandemic.
people taking bath every other day
Some residents living in KR Puram are taking baths on alternate days, ordering food twice a week instead of cooking at home and imposing various restrictions on water usage on their tenants. People say they are being forced to pay more for tanker water even though the government has fixed the rates.
Government is taking measures to deal with water crisis
The government is taking several steps to deal with the situation. The municipal corporation authorities have decided to fill the dry reservoirs with 1,30 crore liters of treated water per day in a bid to replenish groundwater sources in the city, where nearly 50 per cent of the borewells have gone dry.