The Hindu 25.08.2009
Pure drinking water for walkers at Sankey Tank
Staff Reporter
— Photo: K. Gopinathan
new facility: People drinking water from the safe drinking water kiosk at Sankey Tank in Bangalore on Monday.
Bangalore: Walkers at Sankey Tank need not worry about safe and pure drinking water anymore. Two drinking water kiosks were inaugurated at Sankey Tank by Bangalore North MP D.B. Chandre Gowda and Minister for Information Technology Katta Subramanya Naidu here on Monday.
The kiosks have been set up under the Safe Drinking Water scheme with funds from the Member of Legislative Assembly Local Area Development Scheme. The Malleswaram MLA, under whose jurisdiction the tank falls, is Ashwath Narayan. The two kiosks will be maintained by Aquaguard, he told The Hindu.
“In the first stage, we want to set up 15 such kiosks near schools, bus-stands and the K.C. General Hospital. The idea is to provide citizens access to clean and safe drinking water and help reduce dependence on bottled water. Paper cup dispensers will also be provided in the kiosks. Aquaguard has tied up with a non-governmental organisation which will recycle cups that have been dropped in the bins provided for the purpose,” Mr. Ashwath Narayan said.
He said water supplied by the Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board (BWSSB) would be collected in a 6,000-litre capacity sump, which would be pumped into an overhead tank.
Water from the tank would then be supplied to the water purifier, which eliminates bacteria, virii, chemicals and physical impurities.
Mr. Ashwath Narayan said he hoped to set up as many as 30 such kiosks in his constituency. “We will soon set up a working model of a rainwater harvesting system outside Sankey Tank to create awareness among people,” he added.
Speaking to presspersons later, the Minister said the reservation list for delimited wards of the Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike would be announced soon. About V. Sommanna’s defeat in the Govindrajanagara bypolls, he said the party was united and any decision would be announced by senior party leaders.
