Udupi, May 27: The coastal city of Udupi continued to be hit by serious water crisis as the water-level at the Baje Dam across the Swarna has receded sharply. The Baje dam is the main sources of water to the residents of Udupi.
D Manjunathaiah, Municipal Commissioner, said that the decline in the water-level at Baje had forced the municipal council to supply water once in three days from Friday. The municipal council also issued the schedule when water will be supplied to different areas of the city.
Accordingly, Ajjarkad, Kinnimulki, Tenkapete, Volakadu, Bailoor, Shiribeedu, Bannanje, Ambalpadi, Chitpady, Nittur, Karamballi, Kakkunje, Kadiyali, Gundibail (Doddanagudde) will receive water from 4.30 p.m. to 9.30 p.m.
Areas such as Indira Nagar, Kasturba Nagar, Badagabettu, Kunjibettu, Indrali, Manchi, Subrahmanya Nagar, Gopalpura, Moodabettu, Mooduperampalli, Sagri, Kodankur and part of Kodavoor will receive water from 9.30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Parkala and Settibettu will get water from 5.30 a.m. to 8.30 a.m.
Kalmady, Eshwar Nagar, Saralebettu, Male Central, Vadabhandeshwar, Kola and part of Kodavoor will receive water from 2 p.m. to 6.30 p.m., while Manipal, Ananth Nagar and Duglipadavu will get water from 5.30 a.m. to 7.30 a.m. The municipal council has urged the citizens to use water judiciously, the release said.
An officer in the CMC said that the water-level at Baje had reached dead storage level. At present, water was being pumped from a pit on the riverbed of the Swarna at Puttige Bridge. This water was enough for two days.
There was another pit near the Puttige Mutt area on the riverbed. The water in this pit was enough for four or five days. The water from a second pit on the western side of Puttige Mutt will be enough for four or five days. “Roughly, we have water for about 12 days,” he said.
“We hope there will be rain in the catchment area in the next 10-12 days,” he said.
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