Jan 2007-The Hindu : Karnataka / Bangalore News : 24-hour water supply in Mysore by June 2009

The Hindu : Karnataka / Bangalore News : 24-hour water supply in Mysore by June 2009: "

The State Cabinet on Saturday decided to implement a Rs. 194.54-crore project to modernise the drinking water supply system in Mysore under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission.The project, which will be completed in about 30 months, would help Mysore get water supply 24 hours a day by June 2009.Addressing presspersons after the Cabinet meeting, Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy said the project would aim at replacing the water supply network, which was established 50 years ago. This would help reduce the leakages.

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Feb 2007-Illegal connections pose hurdle-Bangalore-Cities-NEWS-The Times of India

Illegal connections pose hurdle-Bangalore-Cities-NEWS-The Times of India: "

Nearly 1,000 illegal water connections in Hubli and Dharwad have become the main stumbling block in the timely commissioning of the 24x7 drinking water supply demonstration project in selected eight wards of the twin cities.The World Bank-aided project was to have been completed by September last year. The deadline was extended till December following opposition to the project from a section of the target population in Dharwad. Many of them had illegal connections.The Karnataka Urban Infrastructure Development and Finance Corporation (KUIDFC) is implementing the Rs 237-crore project in select wards of Hubli-Dharwad, Belgaum and Gulbarga. It has now been rescheduled for commissioning by March-end this year.

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Jan 2007-Backstory: India's no-flow faucets | csmonitor.com

Backstory: India's no-flow faucets | csmonitor.com: "

Hyderabad's desire to become India's next great global city – the next Silicon Valley spiced by chutney and chilies – sometimes seems pathological. There is Hi-Tec City, where buildings of tinted glass double as ostentatious statements of India's global arrival. There is Genome Valley, heart of India's nascent biotechnology industry. And there is a 100-mile beltway under way, along with a new international airport with no shortage of sinuous shapes.

Yet for 46 of every 48 hours, Hyderabad cannot deliver one simple staple to its people – water. Those who have the means survive by storing water – when it comes – in rooftop tanks so their taps never run dry. Those who do not live life in 46-hour increments, rationing water and thronging taps at communal wells in lines that last two hours or more.

Now, however, this city of 6 million is undertaking an experiment that could change how it – and perhaps the rest of India – uses one of its most basic resources. It is a modest beginning: Hyderabad is offering continuously flowing water to one neighborhood. But the plan holds significance for the whole nation, as one of the world's most powerful economies struggles to meet increasing water demands amid chronic fraud, waste, and neglect.

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Oct 2006-Irregular water can be unhealthy-Bangalore-Cities-NEWS-The Times of India

Irregular water can be unhealthy-Bangalore-Cities-NEWS-The Times of India: "

Intermittent water supply is not an uncommon practice in the city. Its implications, however, are far more hazardous. The vacuum accumulated in the water pipes in such cases allows contamination, said Anand K Jalakam, a project development specialist of United States Agency for International Development (USAID).Making a presentation on 'Urban water services - the need for reform,' on Thursday at a session organised by the Bangalore International Centre, Jalakam explained that with continuous water supply, pipes is under continuous pressure, preventing the growth of external contamination in the pipes. But when the water supply is intermittent, pipes get empty and the joints suck the dirt nearby due to vacuum.

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