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Cauvery water for B'lore areas okayed

Friday, 13 December 2013 06:57 administrator
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Deccan Herald              13.12.2013

Cauvery water for B'lore areas okayed

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The State Cabinet on Thursday gave its nod for additional allocation of 10 tmc ft of Cauvery water for meeting the supply requirement of 110 villages, which are now part of Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) and also to meet the future demand till 2025.

Briefing reporters after the meeting, Law Minister T B Jayachandra said the additional water would also be utilised under the proposed Cauvery V Stage which will serve some of the erstwhile City Municipal Council and Town Municipal Council areas that have now been merged with the BBMP.

The Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board (BWSSB) had recently written to the State government stating its requirement of additional 10 tmc ft of Cauvery water for Bangalore City.

 

Water supply disruption

Friday, 13 December 2013 05:17 administrator
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The Hindu            13.12.2013

Water supply disruption

Owing to road-widening work by the Belgaum Urban Development Authority and repairs in main pipeline, water supply will be affected for two days in Ramatheerth Nagar: December 13 and 14, according to a press release issued from the BUDA Commissioner’s office here on Thursday.

 

Cabinet nod for Cauvery water to new layouts

Friday, 13 December 2013 05:11 administrator
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The Hindu            13.12.2013

Cabinet nod for Cauvery water to new layouts

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To meet the increasing demand for drinking water for Bangalore, the State Cabinet has given the green signal to the Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board (BWSSB) to draw an additional 10 tmcft of Cauvery water to newly developed layouts in the city.

Addressing presspersons here on Thursday, Minister for Law and Parliamentary Affairs T.B. Jayachandra said the Cabinet had decided to place the proposal before the Supreme Court. The Supreme Court is likely to hear the Cauvery water dispute on January 15, 2014.

Currently, the BWSSB is drawing 17.64 tmcft water from the Cauvery.

The government has decided to hold a meeting with its legal counsel Fali S. Nariman on December 16 in New Delhi to defend the State’s interests with regard to sharing of the Cauvery waters.

He said the government had been exploring various options to meet the drinking water requirements of the city. Efforts were being made to bring water from Yettinahole project, Linganamakki reservoir and two tributaries of the Cauvery river in Kodagu district.

 
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