The Hindu 15.12.2010
Have a problem with water?
| Our next series deals with BWSSB-related complaints |
Bangalore: Does your water tap spew out air or, worse still, some smelly liquid that goes by the name of water? In other words, are you a victim of drinking water shortage or contamination? Are the drains in your area clogged and overflow every time it rains?
With the city creaking under the weight of an ever-growing population and unplanned layouts, water shortage has hit residents across Bangalore, particularly the new areas that have been included.
Many residents are forced to put up with contaminated water supply, thanks to rusty and corroded pipelines laid by the Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board (BWSSB) decades ago.
The geographic spread of Bangalore has almost tripled — from 226 sq km in 2001 to around 800 sq km now — with the merger of seven City Municipal Councils and one Town Municipal Council to form the Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP).
The task of providing drinking water and sanitation infrastructure to keep pace with Bangalore's explosive growth in the past couple of years is turning out to be a challenge for city planners.
In the second of It's Official series, The Hindu endeavours to address the issue of drinking water supply, overflowing manholes and clogged drains by linking citizens with the BWSSB authorities.
We invite our readers to write about the water and sanitary problems they wish to highlight, to which the civic agency will respond.
Readers may send in their questions/suggestions/complaints/comments with regard to the BWSSB to It's Official, The Hindu, 19 & 21, Bhagwan Mahaveer Road (Infantry Road), Bangalore 560001, email itsofficial.thehindu@gmail.com by December 15.
Please include your full address and passport size photograph.
