Dec 2006-The Hindu : Karnataka / Bangalore News : Gear up to meet additional requirement, BWSSB told

The Hindu : Karnataka / Bangalore News : Gear up to meet additional requirement, BWSSB told: "

Citizens of the proposed Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) will get 100 litres per capita water each day after the new civic body is formed, Health and Family Welfare Minister R. Ashok said here on Tuesday.The Minister, who held a meeting with BMP Commissioner K Jairaj and senior officials of the Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board, told The Hindu that he had directed the water board to gear up to meet the additional demand of water supply. BWSSB will require an additional 100 million litres a day to meet the drinking water needs of BBMP, the Minister said.Mr. Ashok, who asserted that the process of forming BBMP would be completed by March, said elections to the new civic body would be conducted after that.'We will not postpone elections at any cost after that,' he said.

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