[1]Bengaluru: It’s official. Bengaluru is going to face a tough summer. BWSSB Minister Suresh Kumar on Tuesday announced that the reservoirs that supply water to Bengaluru have low levels of water. However, he also assured that there was no need to panic.
Krishnaraja Sagar and Kabini reservoirs have a collective live storage of 10.058 TMC of water. Bengaluru needs 7.5 TMC till May. During this period, the least inflow expected into the reservoirs is around 3.5 TMC. Other urban and rural areas would also need drinking water out of this storage.
“Water Resources Minister Basavaraj Bommai and I have discussed at length the water supply situation with the officials of the Cauvery Neeravari Nigam Limited (CNNL), BWSSB and BDA. There is no need to panic. We will manage with the available water. However, to do so, we Bengalureans must use every drop of water wisely. I, on behalf of the state government and also on behalf of BWSSB, assure the people of Bengaluru that we will continue to get our regular supply of water. But, the public must understand the water condition and behave accordingly,” Mr Kumar said.
On the question of rationing of water in Bengaluru, BWSSB chairman, Gaurav Gupta, said: “The state government has taken a major policy decision that drinking water will be treated as the top priority, and with the help of this decision, we are going to ensure that water supplied to Bengaluru this year will not drop from the levels that we saw in the corresponding months last year.”
On whether there will be a cut in the frequency and duration of water supply, Mr Gupta said: “No, there will be no changes. We will continue to supply the usual amount. However, if the demand goes up due to various reasons like shortage of groundwater, there might be a shortage. Mr Suresh Kumar appealed to Bengalureans to use Cauvery water for drinking and not for secondary usage.
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