Reported By: Rohini Swamy
Final Up to date: February 28, 2024, 22:45 IST
The federal government motion comes within the wake of water tanker costs crossing Rs 3000 mark per tanker. (File photograph)
Sintex tanks might be crammed with water by these tankers so that folks can entry water at common intervals and never look ahead to the tankers to reach every time
The Karnataka authorities is invoking catastrophe administration guidelines to make sure that personal water tankers fulfill the water necessities of the worst-affected 110 wards in Bengaluru. The Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) and the Bangalore Water Provide and Sewerage Board have made it obligatory for all water tankers to be registered between March 1 to 7 in order that it could repair costs for each water tank load.
The federal government motion comes within the wake of water tanker costs crossing Rs 3000 mark per tanker for the primary time within the metropolis as depleting groundwater ranges have led to a disaster state of affairs.
In accordance with the transport division, there are 3500 water tankers working within the metropolis. If these tankers don’t register on the net platform, the authorities will seize the automobiles and can used them to produce of water freed from price in 110 villages which are affected by the dry spell.
“Following a number of complaints of the skyrocketing costs for water tanker during the last 15 days, we have now determined to control the business,” Tushar Girinath, BBMP’s chief commissioner has stated.
The officers of BBMP and BWSSB stated that after invoking the catastrophe administration act, the town civic our bodies will commandeer 200 personal tankers to supply free water to the water-parched areas. 100 tankers will service the 110 villages in Bengaluru city whereas one other 100 tankers might be used to supply water to the Metropolis Municipal council and Taluka Municipal council areas which have been added to the BBMP in 2007.
Sintex tanks might be crammed with water by these tankers so that folks can entry water at common intervals and never look ahead to the tankers to reach every time, they stated.
One other step that can be being taken is to make sure that an Assistant Engineer stage officer, one from BBMP and the opposite from BWSSB, might be appointed as ‘water officers’ in these 110 wards. Their numbers might be displayed on the web site for folks to achieve out to them in case of any disaster, Girinath added.
Deputy CM and Bengaluru Improvement Minister DK Shivakumar had informed the legislative Meeting two weeks in the past that 25 p.c of the town’s water wants are met by the water tankers.
BBMP and the BWSSB might be holding a gathering over the subsequent two days with all water tanker operators to determine on a mechanism to repair costs for every water tanker.
“We’ll ask them to submit their prices whereas we’re calculating the identical primarily based on market intelligence. Any deviation from this value mounted might be penalized,” Girinath stated.
