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Alternate day water supply from today

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New pipeline from Saradgi Barrage across the Bhima commissioned in Gulbarga city

RELIEF: Water gushing through a fountain at the filter bed after a new pipeline was commissioned in Gulbarga on Friday.

GULBARGA: The water-starved residents of Gulbarga can breath easy now as it has been officially announced that the city would get drinking water on alternate days from Saturday.

Commissioner of the Gulbarga City Corporation S.P. Mudhol told The Hindu here on Friday that the city has been divided into two for supplying drinking water and each of these would be provided water supply on alternate days from Saturday.

The decision to switch to the alternate day water supply system follows the commissioning of the Rs. 45-crore new pipeline from the Saradgi Barrage across the Bhima to the filter bed on the outskirts of the city on Friday.

Executive Engineer of the Karnataka Urban Water Supply and Drainage Board (KUWS&DB) Younis Pasha said that as per the decision taken on Thursday, the KUWS&DB disconnected water supply in the old pipeline from Kotnur Intermediary Pumping Station in the morning and started pumping raw water from the Saradgi Barrage in the new pipeline up to the filter bed.

Mr. Mudhol said that water started gushing out onto the filter bed from the new pipeline at 3.45 p.m. on Friday and supply to the city would be adequate and regular from Saturday, he added.

Mr. Pasha said there were no leaks along the 29-km long new pipeline from the Saradgi Barrage to the filter bed.

Leaks

He, however, admitted that there were leaks in three places near Farhatabad due to the locking of the air valves. Technical personnel of the KUWS&DB rushed to the spot and plugged them after releasing the air lock.

These leaks did not affect the pumping of water, he added.

The problem of water shortage in a few localities due to a faulty distribution system and leaks in the pipelines would persist for some time before the authorities take action to set these things right.

Mr. Mudhol said that once water is provided on alternate days in the city, a team of corporation officials would intensively tour the localities to identify pockets that still did not get water and suggest solutions to the problem.

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