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Tuesday, Jun 21, 2005

Karnataka

Karnataka - Bangalore

Reporter's Mail

Water woes

IF WAITING for the monsoon to break is keeping the national media busy, for reporters in Bangalore it has been all about water too, but of a different kind. A dispute between two people engaged in fish rearing, who had leased different parts of a lake on the city outskirts, resulted in thousands of fish perishing.

Those in the area mutter darkly about business rivalry and about fish being poisoned. The Karnataka State Pollution Control Board and the Lake Development Authority are still awaiting results of a laboratory analysis of samples of the lake water.

Closer to the city, thousands of households began getting worms with their drinking water from Thippegondanahalli reservoir, once the city's main source of piped water. The Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board has stopped pumping water from the almost depleted reservoir and it is making efforts to ensure supply of water of good quality.

Quotable quotes

REPORTERS REGULARLY come in contact with two kinds of persons: people in the news and people who make news. Not just the Ambani brothers, the electronic media is busy reporting every word uttered by one of them.

While the Chief Minister of Karnataka provides enough news every day and all the "photo opportunities" one can wish for, his predecessor has made a visit to the city.

Despite his gubernatorial status, S.M. Krishna is as accessible to the media as ever. The Governor's post has sharpened his impeccable dress sense, and his remarks to old friends in the local media are as witty as ever.

Window to the world

A FEW Bangaloreans like to read reputed newspapers circulated abroad. Though their number is small, they make it a point to visit the famous newspaper stall near K.C. Das, at the junction of Church Street and St. Mark's Road, to buy their favourite newspaper.

Among them are the International Herald Tribune (now printed in Hyderabad), Khaleej Times and USA Today.Although these newspapers have their websites , some prefer to read the printed version. They say the printed version has the "body and soul" of the newspaper.

Govind D. Belgaumkar

K. Satyamurty and Govind D. Belgaumkar

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