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Chamarajanagar gets water once a week amid acute scarcity
Residents of Chamarajanagar town are receiving drinking water only once a week, forcing families to store water for daily needs and raising concerns about hygiene, contamination and mosquito breeding. The Chamarajanagar City Municipal Council (CMC) pumps about nine lakh litres daily from the Cauvery near T. Narasipura for around one lakh people across 31 wards, but rapid urban expansion and population growth have strained the system.
Ward No. 26 and other elevated areas are worst hit. Many households now buy water from private tankers at Rs 500 for 1,500 litres and Rs 1,000 for 3,000 litres. The CMC has replaced pipelines, plugged leaks and repaired pumping stations, but the crisis persists. Several of the 284 borewells have gone dry or yielded less due to falling groundwater levels after a weak monsoon.
Chamarajanagar additional deputy commissioner T Javaregowda said district minister CS Puttarangashetty has directed the CMC to address the city's needs until the Rs 286-crore Hosamalangi Drinking Water Project is completed. The project, which will provide round-the-clock supply, is expected to be finished within one and a half years.
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The Hosamalangi project is the only long-term solution named, but residents of Ward No. 26 have been without a regular schedule for months. The CMC's own fixes have not kept pace with population growth and falling groundwater. Until the project is completed, the burden falls on households that can afford private tankers, while poorer families face the health risks of stored water. The next check point is the project's completion timeline of one and a half years, though no milestones have been announced.
Source: timesofindia.indiatimes.com
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