The Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board (BWSSB) on Wedneday informed the Karnataka High Court that it would start supplying water in tankers to the 110 villages in the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) limits, where water in 168 borewells have been found to be unfit for human consumption.

The counsel representing the BWSSB submitted that they supply water in tankers to the newly-added 110 villages. Also, soon the BWSSB will pump the borewell water from these villages, purify it and supply to the villages as a short-term measure.But in the longer run, Cauvery pipeline wil be laid. A division Bench directed the BWSSB to concentrate on strictly implementing the rain water harvesting, improving ground water level and stopping water pollution. 

According to the Bench,  steps should be towards protecting lakes and stopping encroachments near the tank bed.