Water woes close in; where's MCC?

Health issues stalk the city; citizens want water supply to be consistent

Plans for greater Mysore can wait. So can the high speed train between Mysore and Bangalore, that takes just 30 mins between cities.

Even the ‘panoramic view’ of apartments is not alluring anymore. The citizens are thirsty and they want to know how the civic authorities plan to satisfy the parched throats in city.

Areas like JP Nagar, Dattagalli, Metagalli, Sharadadevi Nagar, Ramakrishna Nagar, Udayagiri, Rajeev Nagar, Ashok Nagar, Bogadi, parts of Siddhartha Layout, shudder at the thought of summer setting in. JUSCO, that came to city with a promise of ‘24X7’ supply of drinking water is yet to begin delivering on the promise. Jaundice cases are on the rise in the city. And, water seems to be the main culprit.

Hygiene issues

Water storage reservoirs in various places need some serious looking at with issues of hygiene ranking high.

Strikes and protests that have already begun, have soon become order of the day given the fact that city is just not prepared to handle the water supply and related issues efficiently.

The proof of the fact lies in some areas, especially those where mostly middle class and lower middle class live, will continue to be haunted with water issues.

The real reason behind this water scarcity, people say, is the sudden sprouting of apartments which use up more water than stipulated.

Mysore  City Corporation witnessed a stormy session recently when the Mayor Pushpalatha Chikkanna nearly lost her cool with people almost laying siege to her office with their water problems.

“Mysore City Corporation that promises to supply water through tankers is yet to resolve water woes. Though the city faces tough times every summer, there has been no thorough planning in finding a permanent solution to this problem. Whether it is JUSCO or MCC, both are engaged in shifting the blame on each other. Finally, it is us, the citizens, who suffer through heat, dust, power cuts and water scarcity that we continue to live from one summer to another,” said Bhagyamma, a vegetable vendor.

Her family survives on hardly few buckets of water everyday, since that is all they can get in the limited time water flows in taps.