Bengaluru Battles Intense Water Crisis, Residents Highlight Struggle For Basic Supply

Bengaluru Water Crisis: A resident Shashikala alleged that water tankers were demanding exorbitant amounts for providing water in India's Silicon Valley. 

Residents are battling to get water for their essential needs in the heart of India's Silicon Valley.

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Bengaluru is grappling with an alarming water scarcity crisis well before the summer season with numerous areas across the city experiencing severe shortages. Residents are battling to get water for their essential needs in the heart of India's Silicon Valley.

A local, Suresh told ANI, "For 6 months, this area has not received water from the corporation. They have given us Cauvery connections, which would have benefitted us. We have to book 2-3 days in advance for water. We have to pay Rs. 1600-2000 for one water tanker."

"We have to buy water, we have no other source of water... We do not have water even to drink. In the upcoming summers, we would have to face a lot of difficulties... We have pipes of Cauvery connections, but there is no water," he said.

 

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A local, Suresh says, "For 6 months, this area has not received water from the corporation. They have given us Cauvery connections, which would have benefitted us. We have to book 2-3 days in advance for… pic.twitter.com/quacP5F31Z

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Another resident Shashikala said that water tankers were demanding exorbitant amounts. 

On Tuesday, Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar, cabinet ministers, and department secretaries met and discussed ways to tackle the crisis in Bengaluru. After the meeting, Deputy CM Shivakumar revealed a plan to address the city's pressing water scarcity problems. The Deputy CM announced that the state government would assume control of private water tankers in Bengaluru, in addition to overseeing the management of all borewells within the city.

"As far as Bengaluru’s drinking water problem is concerned, we have come out with the solution. I have come up with the plan of action, we are taking over all the borewells of Bengaluru city," he said.