The Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) councillors on Thursday
discussed various water-related issues during the council meet .
Mayor
D Venkatesh Murthty said that they will hold a meeting with Chief
Minister Siddaramaiah to discuss various civic issues, including water
and garbage crisis.
Special commissioner K R Niranjan said they
had allotted Rs 75 crore for borewells in 2012-13, of which Rs 42 crore
was still remaining. The department is ready to release these funds for
borewell when required, he said. “Let us not drill unnecessarily where
water is not available,” he said, adding that `10 lakh has been
sanctioned for drilling borewells in old wards and Rs 30 lakh for new
wards.
‘God Save Us’
BWSSB additional
engineer-in-chief Babu Kumar said the city needs 600 cusecs of water
every day. There is 1.7 tmc of water in KRS with which we can manage for
the next 20 days. There is 0.7 tmc of water in Hemavathy. Apart from
this, BWSSB has also purchased 30 lorries to supply water. “We are
keeping our fingers crossed for rain. If not, god should save us,” he
said.
