Bengaluru: A prolonged dry spell and weak pre-monsoon showers triggered a sharp rise in demand for Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board’s (BWSSB) ‘Cauvery On Wheels’ service this summer, with bookings peaking in May as residents and apartment complexes increasingly turned to tanker water.Data from BWSSB shows the utility received 67,397 orders and supplied 311.8…
A private agency brought drilling machinery into the KRS backwaters on Monday and Tuesday, without obtaining permission from CNNL Mandya: A controversy has erupted over the proposed Bengaluru Water Supply Stage VI project after a private agency allegedly carried out soil testing inside the Krishna Raja Sagar (KRS) reservoir premises without obtaining permission from the…
BWSSB cracks down on water usage Bengaluru: With groundwater levels declining in parts of the city because of insufficient rainfall, Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board (BWSSB) has issued three prohibitory and regulatory orders citing Sections 33 and 34 of the Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Act, 1964, calling for strict conservation of drinking water…
Pipeline Testing in front of one of the apartments on Hall road Richards Town Bengaluru: Residents of at least four apartment complexes on Hall Road in Richards Town have avoided the supplied Cauvery water for nearly three weeks after foul odour and discoloured liquid triggered contamination fears, leaving families dependent on borewell supply for daily…
N Manjula, BWSSB chairperson Bengaluru: Even though southwest monsoon has been delayed this year, the city’s residents need not worry about water shortage for next four to five months, according to Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board (BWSSB) chairperson N Manjula.After assessing the city’s water preparedness amid concerns over below-normal rainfall, she told TOI: “The…
Bengaluru: For the past two days, Madhu (name changed) has barely moved from the entrance of the sewage treatment plant (STP) in Balagere under Bengaluru East City Corporation. Having rushed to Bengaluru from Bihar after learning about the accident, the wife of missing worker Akhilesh, 30, continues to wait amid the constant movement of rescue…
Authorities at the scene of tragedy Bengaluru: Even as rescue teams continued their search for two workers who went missing inside a BWSSB sewage treatment plant (STP), anti-manual scavenging activists Friday alleged that the men were illegally employed and made to undertake hazardous work without adequate safeguards. The water authority, however, denied that the incident…
Bengaluru: Karnataka high court has ruled that Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board (BWSSB) can legally lay and maintain sewerage through private property without acquiring ownership of the land, provided it requires only a limited right of use.However, Justice Suraj Govindaraj made it clear that the board must strictly follow the safeguards laid down in…
Water wastage checks in Bengaluru Bengaluru: Stepping up efforts to conserve drinking water this summer, Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board (BWSSB) collected Rs 2.2 lakh in spot fines from 44 violators between March 1 and May 8, as part of an ongoing crackdown on the misuse of potable water in the city.The amount was…
Kacharakanahalli lake in Bengaluru Bengaluru: Commuters travelling towards northeast Bengaluru via Lingarajapuram flyover will soon notice a transformed landscape as the long-neglected Kacharakanahalli lake is being redeveloped under a Rs 14-crore project.The initiative is being jointly executed by Bengaluru North City Corporation (BNCC) and minor irrigation department. Of the total project cost, Rs 4 crore…
