He also said that currently nearly 110 litres of water is released per head but in the near future, giving out even 90 litres may not be possible and added that alternate solutions to accumulate water must be utilised.

He also said that a project to cater 500 million litres of water was in progress and would be complete in 2012.

“All plumbers of the BWSSB will be given ID cards from April 1 onwards.”, said Venkataraju, Chief Engineer, BWSSB.