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Water crisis becomes a poll issue in Chamarajanagar

By Our Correspondent

CHAMARAJANAGAR, APRIL 22. Residents of Chamarajanagar have been facing a shortage of water for the past six days owing to a problem at the pumping station at T. Narsipur.

Though the authorities concerned have taken steps to supply water by tankers on alternate days, the depleting water level at the source has become a cause for concern to them.

Many villages along the pipeline from the Cauvery at T. Narsipur to Chamarajanagar are also facing a shortage of water.

Political parties have made the drinking water crisis a major issue in the district where elections will be held on Monday.

Members of the dissolved Assembly had to face the wrath of the people in many places during their campaign.

The credit for the implementation of projects to supply Cauvery water to Chamarajanagar and from the Kabini to Gundlupet goes to the Kannada Chaluvali Vatal Paksha President, Vatal Nagaraj, who is contesting for the Chamarajanagar Assembly seat, and the Janatal Dal(Secular) candidate for the Gundlupet seat, H.S. Mahadev Prasad.

A keen contest is on the cards in the Chamarajanagar constituency between the Congress candidate, B.P. Manjula, and Mr. Vatal Nagaraj.

Mr. Nagaraj has promised the people of the constituency that he will ease the drinking water crisis if he is elected to the Assembly.

The Suvarnavathi and Chikkahole reservoirs in Chamarajanagar taluk were the main source of water supply to Chamarajanagar till the commissioning of the Cauvery project.

The project was implemented when the poor storage at the two reservoirs affected water supply to Chamarajanagar.

Meanwhile, people of the town blamed the civic authorities for the drinking water crisis being faced by them.

They alleged that the authorities did not make arrangements for proper distribution of water in the town.

The authorities had not taken steps to replace the old pipeline though the quantity of water being pumped from the Cauvery had increased over the years, they said.

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