MP Nalin Kumar Kateel makes a point at a meeting held to discuss on shortage of water while ZP CEO Dr K N Vijayprakash, Karnataka Legislative Assembly?Deputy Speaker N Yogish Bhat D C Dr N?S Channappa Gowda and MCC Commissioner Dr Harish Kumar are also present.He was speaking at a meeting held to discuss on shortage of water.
The meeting was attended by Deputy Commissioner Dr N S Channappa Gowda, MP Nalin Kumar Kateel, Assembly Deputy Speaker N Yogish Bhat and others.
The DC said that there is acute shortage of water in 275 habitations in the district. About 90 villages in Mangalore taluk is facing severe water crisis.
About 1.12 lakh litre water is supplied through tankers for 31 villages. Similarly, 74 villages are facing shortage of water in Bantwal taluk. About 30,000 litre water is supplied to 13 villages through tankers.
The CEO said that a sum of Rs 60 lakh from the Task Force and Rs 20 lakh from the Zilla Panchayat has been released to mitigate the problem. The Gram panchayats have been allowed to utilise about Rs 2 lakh for supplying water through tankers in case of emergency.
He said that Malavaoor and Kinnigoli multi-village drinking water schemes will quench the thirst of 26 villages. Similarly, by implementing 32 multi-village water schemes at an estimated cost of Rs 541 crore, permanent drinking water facility can be provided to 176 villages in the district.
Dr Vijayaprakash said that Zilla Panchayat President K T Shailaja Bhat has requested Chief Minister D V Sadananda Gowda to sanction Rs 6 crore to take up immediate work related to drinking water in the district.
Failure of pre monsoon showers has resulted in the depleting of water sources. If there is further delay in pre monsoon showers, then we will require additional Rs two crore to take up work related to drinking water, said Dr Channappa Gowda.
The DC Said that control room has been set up in taluks, to attend to the problems related to drinking water. Executive engineers, PDOs and Assistant Executive Engineers will be responsible for attending the problems related to drinking water.
Mangalore City Corporation Commissioner Dr Harish Kumar said that the MCC was supplying 38 MGD water daily to the citizens in the past. With the depleting water level in Thumbe vented dam, about 24 MGD water is supplied daily to the citizens.
There is disruption in the supply of water to the hilly areas in the City Corporation limits, he added.
When Yogish Bhat directed the Commissioner to supply water to Mulki and Surathkal, the Commissioner said that the work on connecting MCC pipelines with the KIOCL pipelines are under progress.
The residents of Surathkal will get water by Tuesday. In case of necessity, water is supplied through tankers. Additional DC Dayananda and others were present.
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