Water shortage in Mangalore

April 11th, 2005 at 06:19pm

Yes ! Believe it or not, Mangalore city is running shot of water! Its really surprising and a shameful thing given the fact that Mangalore is located just below the western ghats, which receives major rainfall. Infact, last year, it started raining earlier, and it continued to rain till late October., and still, we have a water scarcity.

Possible reasons for the water shortage:

  1. Abnormal usage of water by factories and industries around Mangalore
  2. The water tanker lobby -> Yes. this is a major business in Mangalore
  3. Pathetic water management by the authorities
  4. Leakage in water tanks/vented dams
  5. Wastage of water by the people
  6. All of the above

The Hindu had reported the problem way back in Sep 2004., and still no one took it seriously!

The current status :
We get municipal water once in three days and only for a few hours!


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