City doesn’t dig too deep for basics,Down to earth, online

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Bangalore is thirsty and inundated with waste it can't deal with, but money goes into projects that deal with transport infrastructure.'While pumping and transporting 810 million litres per day (mld) water through an elevation of 500 metres, almost 30 to 40 per cent is lost.' And the amount of unaccounted for water is on a rise: from 29 per cent in 1995-96 to 39 per cent in 2003-04. To maintain pumping, 65 per cent of the Rs 353-crore budget of the Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board (BWSSB) is earmarked for electricity charges. While this is not enough to sustain the water supply target of 100 litres per capita per day (lpcd), another Rs 3,384 crore — the Cauvery IV scheme — is being implemented to supply an additional 500 mld water. In the last three and a half decades, Bangalore has already spent over Rs 1,710 crore in sourcing its water from Cauvery, which is bound to become more and more expensive in future. (snip)

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Cauvery IV Stage-Phase II yet to get off ground - Deccan Herald - Internet Edition

Cauvery IV Stage-Phase II yet to get off ground - Deccan Herald - Internet Edition: "

The Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board has appointed a consultant to work out the nitty-gritty of the much-awaited Cauvery IVth Stage, II Phase project -- almost two years after the foundation stone was laid for the project.NJS, a Japan-based firm, was appointed as the consultant recently to, among other things, prepare the Detailed Project Report, designs for implementation at various phases, chalk out tender conditions, conduct geo-technical testing at the project site and work out the cost estimates, a top BWSSB official told Deccan Herald.Estimated to cost Rs 3,340 crore, the project -- supposed to have begun by end-2005 and completed by 2011 -- is expected to pump an additional 500 million litres per day (MLD) of water. (snip)

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State’s pact may hit water supply

State’s pact may hit water supply - Deccan Herald - Internet Edition

The Cauvery Water Disputes Tribunal may have allocated a mere 1.75 tmc ft for drinking water purposes for the river basin areas in Karnataka but the state government has already promised two tmc ft of water to the townships of NICE from Cauvery water allocation!

Disclosing this to reporters here on Thursday, Opposition Leader in the Legislative Council H K Patil said if the legal procedures were strictly implemented, people of Bangalore and other areas of the Cauvery basin would be deprived of even this share of water. (snip)