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Cauvery water for new areas soon

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100 MLD from the Cauvery phase IVRs. 15 crore released for drilling borewells in the new areas

BANGALORE: Residents of 52 wards in the erstwhile City Municipal Councils (CMCs) and Town Municipal Councils (TMCs) will get drinking water supply from the Cauvery in the next two months, Health and Family Welfare Minister R Ashok said here on Tuesday.

Speaking at a function organised by the Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) to lay the foundation stone for four underpasses the Outer Ring Road, Mr. Ashok said that the distribution lines for the supply had been laid. “The Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board (BWSSB) will bring an additional 100 million litres of water a day (MLD) from the Cauvery IV phase at a cost of Rs. 16 crore,” he said.

Asserting that the Government was committed to providing drinking water to residents of areas where Cauvery water is still a dream, the Minister said Rs. 15 crore had been released for drilling borewells in the new areas.

Calling upon people to adopt rainwater harvesting techniques and conserve water, he said all the civic agencies should coordinate and have a common policy on it. That apart, the BWSSB had a proposal on recycling of waste water. This project was estimated to cost Rs. 600 crore and the State Government would accord administrative sanction to it, he said.

Assuring people who have built houses on revenue sites that their dwellings would not be demolished, Mr. Ashok said: “We will be strict with people who have encroached upon parks, playgrounds and along the drains. But we will regularise houses that have come up on revenue land.”

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