Newly added areas of the city corporation will have to wait till June first week to get Cauvery water, BWSSB minister S Suresh Kumar told the legislative assembly on Tuesday.
He was responding to the questions of Congress members Narendra Babu, KJ George and BJP member SR Vishwanath in the assembly. He said the second phase of Cauvery Stage IV project would be completed by the end of April and water would be supplied to areas such as KR Puram and Mahadevapura from the first week of June.
Kumar—who also hold the portfolio of urban development, besides law and parliamentary affairs—conceded that the completion of the work has got delayed and the residents were facing hardships because of that. He said the supply of drinking water in these areas would substantially improve after the work is completed.
Further, the minister assured that steps would be taken to prevent pollution of water in TG Halli reservoir. In this regard, he said, encroachment would be removed from the catchment area of the reservoir and a meeting of officers of various departments would be convened soon.
Congress MLA NA Haris raised the issue of drinking water problem in Jeevanbhimanagar. Responding to this, Kumar said water supply to government quarters in the area was facing problems for eight months because roots of trees were interfering with the pipelines. To solve the problem, he said, the pipelines were being realigned. He added that in this area, too, water problem would be solved once the Cauvery project was completed.
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