The Hindu 05.04.2013
Check water wastage, MCC told
As drinking water scarcity may worsen here in the days
ahead with water-levels in the reservoirs plummeting, Mysore Grahakara
Parishat (MGP) has given suggestions to the Mysore City Corporation to
tide over the crisis.
It suggested that the MCC
arrange for regular ward-wise surprise visits during early mornings to
check wastage/misuse of water. The team should report leaks in
mainlines, overflowing of overhead tanks, taps which are not closed,
etc. Action can be initiated under Section 208 of the Karnataka
Municipal Corporations Act against wastage/misuse of water, according to
the MGP.
“The MCC must address, on a war-footing,
the problem of defective water meters,” Sreemathi Hariprasad of the MGP
said in the list of suggestions sent to the civic body.
She
said many residential and commercial properties had borewells and
people were allegedly misusing borewell water. “This water belongs to
everyone just as that in rivers and tanks, and a few moneyed individuals
should not be allowed to exploit groundwater,” she said.
She alleged that these borewells had been dug without obtaining the mandatory permission from the city corporation.
