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Water crisis in Raj Bhavan

In many parts of the city water taps spewing air is a daily occurrence. But when water starts to play truant with the Raj Bhavan lines it is tension time for the officials of the Kerala Water Authority.

On Monday, when the Raj Bhavan called up to say that some of its water taps were running dry, the KWA officials hurried to make good the shortage. Water tankers were rushed to the Raj Bhavan and supply restored in a matter of hours.

But why does even a dedicated line — such as the one servicing the Raj Bhavan — find itself short of drinking water?

The problem is an overall shortage in the Peroorkada zone, which gets 72 million litres of water from Aruvikkara daily. But the demand for water in the zone is so high that the demand-supply situation here is very delicate. Even a short gap of supply from Aruvikkara would affect the water level at the KWA's storage tank in Peroorkada, which would dip alarmingly. A few days ago when there was a partial shutdown in water lines to facilitate repair work on a valve, the Peroorkada zone was badly hit. KWA officials say the water supply will take some more days more to get stabilised.

G. Mahadevan

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