Mangaluru, May 24: The water woes of Mangaluru may come to an end if the Thumbe Vented Dam in Bantwal taluk continued to receive inflow for next two weeks. Last evening the water level rose to 6.3 ft against the maximum level of 13 ft.
As the catchment areas of the Nethravati did not receive rain for the last two days, the corporation would wait before reverting back to water supply once in two days, said Mangalore City Corporation Commissioner Dr H N Gopalakrishna.
According to the weather department, monsoon would hit only after June 10. The corporation would have to manage till then. If the level goes up to 8 feet then water could be supplied once in two days, he said. Once the water level reaches 4 feet, then water cannot be lifted from the dam.
He said that the pumping of water to the city started from 10 a.m. on Sunday stopped on Monday night and water supplied till 5 a.m. on Tuesday.
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Even if it reaches 100ft in our area @ monkey stand we never get water. Because municipality has disconnected the line of many houses and flats in bolar as well as jeppu area.
Since one and half month we are suffering for water to drink.
siddaramaiah just visit mangalore and c how people are struggling to get water. and u want yethinahole project to be finished soon, in this drought situation we are not getting any water from bengaluru,
hope it will reach 8ft, so we can get the water for atleast once in 2 days
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