MYSORE: The Mysore City Corporation on Friday set up a committee of officials to handle the water crisis. At the collective end of the corporators ire, the administration accepted the lapses in attending to the water needs of the residents.

The team of officials will be headed by the chief of the Vani Vilas Water Works, the water supplying arm of the MCC. It will have representatives from Jamshedpur Utilities and Services Company (JUSCO), a TATA company, which is implementing Rs 197 crore to remodel water supply distribution network. The members ascribed much of the problems in water supply to JUSCO accusing it of not responding to complaints. "JUSCO has become a bane for the corporators," the opposition leader M V Ramprasad said questioning the water rationing implemented in the city.

Members said since last year they have been facing problems related to water supply, which is not attended properly, and asked for a committee to look into the lapses. "I get at least 20 calls a day from residents complaining about water supply," BJP corporator Pradee Kumar said.

Members referred to Independent corporator R Ananth to protest in front of the mayor's chamber and at the water supply point. They asserted that the officials are not responding to the members complaints. BJP corporator M D Parthasarthy said residents are accusing them of working hand in glove with the JUSCO.