BANGALORE: On one hand where citizens are irritated with the Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board (BWSSB) over bore well registration and water crisis,
the board has successfully been able to receive 1,11,325 applications
for new connections till March 2013. Sajala as the application is called
to give out new connections in CMC areas.

During this
period, 57,715 applications were received from various parts of the city
which were added to the administration of BBMP. After verification, the
board has ratified 51,870 connections to be rolled out.

Segregating further, the board issued 47,166 Sajala applications from
Bangalore East division and 17,225 were sanctioned, of 24,101
applications issued in north division, 10,709 were sanctioned. West
Bangalore was issued 15,559 applications but only 8261 got sanctioned,
while South Bangalore will get 9,059 water connections only of the 13,065 applications issued.

Further in North-West division, 5629 water connections are approved off
the 8687 applications issued, in South East division of the board, 987
households will be given water connections of the 2427 applications
issued. Board officials said that a huge lot of applications which have
been received from the ones issued in all divisions are yet to be
scanned for approval.