'The situation is grim': Karnataka government to ration water from April in dry Benga

[V.Balasubramani]

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'The situation is grim': Karnataka government to ration water from April in dry Bengaluru

The Siddaramaiah-led Congress government in Karnataka is likely to ration water from April as the sources supplying water to the city slowly dry up.

Under pressure from various quarters, the Congress government appears to be clueless about handling the crisis.

Water is supplied to the city from the KRS reservoir in Mandya district, and the TG Halli reservoir near Magadi. The latter has dried up, and the KRS is now the only source of drinking water to Bengaluru.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/indiahom...-water-April-dry-Bengaluru.html#ixzz43dWla1H1

 

[vgane]

The lakes in Bengaluru which can hold good amount of fresh water are in shambles! Looks like Cauvery is going to fail TN...Hope TN has enough water in its reservoirs post the December rains!!

 

[V.Balasubramani]

[h=1]India’s water crisis is set to worsen[/h]Short-sighted political tactics and agricultural inefficiencies are enabling it

In Cormac McCarthy’s The Road, a touchstone of dystopian literature, men will visit violence upon each other for the sake of water to drink. The future, unfortunately, is now in Latur in Maharashtra’s Marathwada region where the collector has invoked Section 144 of the Criminal Procedure Code relating to unlawful assembly. His order prohibits more than five people from gathering near 20 water storage tanks until 31 May in order to prevent possible violence over water scarcity in the drought-hit area. This has been some time coming. Last year, the city’s residents were supplied municipal water once in 15 days; this was later lowered to once a month.

Read more at: http://www.livemint.com/Opinion/7ReFsguPlvtuHzi5VSriGO/Indias-water-crisis-is-set-to-worsen.html

 

[yesmohan]

The lakes in Bengaluru which can hold good amount of fresh water are in shambles! Looks like Cauvery is going to fail TN...Hope TN has enough water in its reservoirs post the December rains!!

The December rain water had already drained away through drainage system. In some areas of suburban Chennai, people started to buy lorry water.
Tamilnadu Government is so poor in water management.
Mostly politicians are the owners of water tankers.

 

[V.Balasubramani]

Serpentive queues and piles of empty plastic cans and women folks of different age group waiting for long hours with an anxiety in their eyes expecting arrival of Metro water ankers at most of the street corners, have become a way of life for many residents.

 

[yesmohan]

At present a lorry load of water (6000 litres ) costs Rs 550 to 650 depending upon the distance. It is expected to cost Rs 650 to 700 after a month.

 

[Rangachari Sampathkumaran]

தானம் தவம் இரண்டும் தங்கா வியனுலகம் வானம் வழங்காதெனின் - திருவள்ளுவர்

வேதம் ஓதும் அந்தணர்க்கு ஒருமழை; கற்புடைய மாதர்க்கோர் மழை; நீதி தவறா மன்னர்க்கொரு மழை

அந்தணர்கள் வேதம் ஓதுதல் குறைந்துள்ளது
கற்பு பற்றி பேசினால் குஷ்பூ வெகுண்டெழுவார்
பேய்கள் அரசாண்டால் பிணம் தின்னும் சாத்திரங்கள்

"இறைவனிடம் கையேந்துங்கள் - அவன் இல்லை என்று சொல்லுவதில்லை"

 

[GANESH65]

'The situation is grim': Karnataka government to ration water from April in dry Bengaluru

The Siddaramaiah-led Congress government in Karnataka is likely to ration water from April as the sources supplying water to the city slowly dry up.

Under pressure from various quarters, the Congress government appears to be clueless about handling the crisis.

Water is supplied to the city from the KRS reservoir in Mandya district, and the TG Halli reservoir near Magadi. The latter has dried up, and the KRS is now the only source of drinking water to Bengaluru.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/indiahom...-water-April-dry-Bengaluru.html#ixzz43dWla1H1

Not only in Karnataka, this is going to affect almost all parts of India. We are having poor monsoon for the past two three years (don't count Chennai floods, that couldn't help us to save water) catchment areas of most of our dams hold little water, we are going to face a quite severe summer this time. Governments should think and invest more on converting sea water in to potable water schemes.

 

[V.Balasubramani]

Please see this picture of Marathwada region

(in Maharashtra ) How the people desperate for water.

Please save water

Source: face book


மகாராஷ்டிராவின் 70 சதவீத கிராமங்கள் வறட்சியால் பாதிக்கப்பட்டுள்ளதாக அறிவிப்பு - கடும் குடிநீர் தட்டுப்பாடு
Read more at: http://www.maalaimalar.com/2016/03/25175635/More-than-70-percent-of-Mahara.html

 

[asadu]

Yes. around 12000 villages of marathwada region have been declared draught hit by the government today. Many suicides of farmers are regular in Maharashtra. This year already water has been rationed to cities like mumbai. Three days of water cut announced. If the situation remains same, people from maharashtra too will have to migrate to some other place for want of water.

 

[V.Balasubramani]

TN...Hope TN has enough water in its reservoirs post the December rains!!

VGanesh Ji,

This is Tamil Nadu's water position. Likely to face severe shortage, warns expert.

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[h=1]Dry districts in TN to face ‘harsh water shortages’ in near future[/h]CHENNAI: Dry districts like Dharmapuri, Krishnagiri and Tirupur in Tamil Nadu will face harsh water shortage and extreme temperatures in the near future and coastal areas in the state like Chennai will face extended flooding due to global warming, said former head of centre for climate change and adoption at Anna University A Ramachandran.

"Global warming is already happening and climate change is real," Ramachandran said while talking at a seminar called "Hotter, Drier, Wetter, Face the Future" at the Regional Meteorological Centre in Nungambakkam here on Wednesday. The seminar was held on the occasion of the World Meteorological Day. (March 23 is observed as World Meteorological Day.)

"Even hill stations like Ooty and Kodaikanal, which receive plenty of rain, will experience drought conditions," he added.

Read more at: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/...tages-in-near-future/articleshow/51531205.cms

 

[V.Balasubramani]

[h=2]India faces worst water crisis in a decade[/h]

Water levels at 91 major reservoirs nationwide are the lowest in a decade–no more than 29%, according to the latest weekly bulletin of the Central Water Commission (CWC).

As World Water Day is marked yesterday, water levels at Indian reservoirs are 71% of last year, or 74% of average storage over the last decade, the CWC data reveal.

The 91 major reservoirs contain 157.8 billion cubic metre (BCM) of water; the capacity of these reservoirs is 250 BCM. Another 400 BCM water is available for irrigation in India through groundwater, according to this answer given by the government in the Lok Sabha (the lower house of Parliament) in July 2015.
With more than three months for the monsoon, which breaks in the first week of July, 2016 is on course to witness the worst water scarcity in a decade.

Read more at: http://www.newslaundry.com/2016/03/23/india-faces-worst-water-crisis-in-a-decade/