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“Water tankers are not available as per requirement”
A resident of Babusapalya said, “We need four tankers of water every day. We are getting only one or two tankers. We have been facing huge problems for the last two-three months.” When asked whether the city administration's order to fix prices of tanker water has helped, one person said, “The rates have stabilised, but the problem remains big. Due to high demand.” “We are not getting tankers on time.”
A woman living in an apartment in the area was going to work. When NDTV asked him about the acute water crisis, he said, “We have a child, it is very difficult. Tankers are not coming. The government has reduced the prices, but tankers are not coming. If Even if there are, there is not enough water. I don't know when this will be resolved and when we will return to normal life.”
“Water crisis arose due to the attitude of governments”
When asked if there was hope of relief from water shortage after the arrival of monsoon, a resident said, “Problems have arisen due to the way governments are implementing development projects.” I didn't think. Governments only focused on building apartments and roads, but we need to work on ground water level, which was never done.” He said that I have been here for 15 years, no government has done this. Did not take steps in the direction. He said that people are waiting in queues several kilometers long for drinking water. Referring to the water crisis, a person said that he has taken bath only 5 times in the last one month.
“Work from home is a good option”
Being an IT city, a large number of people from other parts of the country live in Bengaluru. Due to water shortage, now they are considering options of working from home. An engineer named Shruti said, “Working from home would be a good option, but only when people go home, so that the population reduces and water consumption reduces.”
Bengaluru is getting less water than required
Let us tell you that water supply in Bengaluru is mainly from Kaveri river and ground water. Recycled water from sewage treatment plants is used for most non-potable water. Due to lack of rain for some time, the primary sources have also gone down. Bengaluru needs 2,600-2,800 million liters of water every day and currently the supply is half the requirement. For this reason the people of the city have to struggle for water.
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