Bangalore is a thirsty city, and faces a shortage of 225 million litres of water per day (mld), and the BWSSB now proposes to fetch water from the river Krishna - a good 400km away.


Even the Cauvery is not enough for a Bangalore bursting at its seams. The BWSSB is now looking far and wide, and proposes to fetch water from the river Krishna - a good 400km away.

Bangalore is a thirsty city, and faces a shortage of 225 million litres of water per day (mld). This shortfall is expected to go up to 1030 mld by 2036. A proposal has been made to get 12 tmcft water from the Krishna, though experts feel it is not economically sound and would also lead to an uproar.

Getting water 400km away from Bangalore might be a feasible option. But the challenge lies in the economics of the project. Villagers would be up in arms if water is not supplied to the villages falling en route to Bangalore. It is questionable whether the promised quantity of water would reach the city," Capt S Raja Rao, member of the technical committee for Krishna Water Disputes.

To carry the project forward, the state government passed an order on November 25, 2010, to form an expert committee presided by GN Thyagaraj, former BWSSB chairman, to identify alternative sources of water supply to Bangalore.

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