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Water supply in Mysore on alternate days

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Mayor allays fears of water crisis

MYSORE: Water will be supplied on alternate days with immediate effect to ensure adequate supply to all wards of the Mysore City Corporation.

The Mayor, Dakshinamurthy, said here on Saturday that there is no need to panic as there is sufficient water in the Krishnaraja Sagara Reservoir (KRS), which can be used to meet the drinking water requirements of the city. Mr. Dakshinamurthy and a team of corporators and officials and the corporation Commissioner, A.B. Ibrahim, visited various waterworks including the Melapura Waterworks and the Vani Vilas Waterworks to ascertain the water supply scenario.

This was prompted by growing public criticism and fears expressed by the Mysore Agenda Task Force and the Mysore Grahakara Parishat that the city may face a water crisis. They had also alleged that the water supplied by the corporation is contaminated.

This led to a war of words between the corporation on the one side and the task force and the parishat on the other. With this, the Mayor offered to take a delegation of elected representatives and officials to visit the waterworks to ascertain the ground situation.

Mr. Dakshinamurthy and the team accompanying him allayed fears of a water crisis this year as monsoon "is round the corner" and expressed hope that the inflow into the KRS will begin in due course.

Power works

Refuting criticism that water supply has been hit in parts of the city, the Mayor attributed it to frequent disruption in power supply, which affected pumping.

To offset it, Mr. Dakshinamurthy said water will be supplied on alternate days to ensure that there is adequate supply with uniform pressure in all wards. He pointed out that work taken up on a feeder line for uninterrupted power supply to different pumping stations at a cost of Rs. 16 lakhs is nearing completion.

This will put an end to disruption in water supply owing to power failure.

Tenders have been invited for power-related works amounting to Rs. 32 lakhs, and the process will be completed soon, he added.The team visited the Vani Vilas Waterworks and apprised itself of the treatment process. It included the Deputy Mayor, Manjula, and former Mayors Modamani and Chikkanna.

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