In a water workshop this week, apartment communities talked about measures they had taken to deal with water scarcity. Water metering and reuse, limiting consumption, holding awareness campaigns, rejuvenating lakes were among the initiatives discussed.
As if persistent warning bells were not enough, in a new study, city based geologists are showing that the region’s groundwater table may be sucked dry soon, and over 2.4 million citizens may be stranded.
Inundated with water woes, city corporators ask for more borewells in their wards. BWSSB and Mayor announce drilling of seven borewells in new wards and four each in old wards.
So advises city-based water expert S Vishwanath. With limited water supply from pipelines and an increased dependence on private tankers, the BWSSB needs to get its act together to manage available water.
Panic seems to have hit the administration, with everyone from the state government to the BWSSB to the corporators getting onto a borewell-drilling spree.
