Mangaluru: While city reels under water shortage, MCC ignores pipe burst at Bondel


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Daijiworld Media Network - Mangaluru (ANK)

Mangaluru, Mar 25: Even as Mangaluru City Corporation (MCC) has rationed water supply in the tough summer to 48 hours a week, a broken pipe opposite St Lawrence Church, Bondel has been leaking from morning of Saturday, March 25, resulting in hundreds of litres of water going waste.

None of the officials or workers from MCC have turned up even after repeated complaints.

While the city is already reeling under water crisis, it is a shame that MCC officials have failed to readdress the issue and stop the horrendous wastage of water.

Mangaluru is facing acute shortage of water from the past couple of years. For the first time in history, Mangaluru and Bantwal taluks in Dakshina Kannada district were listed among the 160 drought-hit taluks in the state. People in Mangaluru are facing tough times after MCC decided to stall water for 48 hours every week. The water level in AMR dam Thumbay dam is 6.25m and 4.15m which can be used for 40 and 20 days respectively, as per the mayor.

Indeed, it is disheartening to see litres and litres of water being wasted when the entire city is facing water woes. It may be recalled that last year, the city faced water crisis after a huge pipe burst at Adyar. With water levels in dams already low, the MCC needs to take concrete measures to ensure the city does not have to carry additional burden of crisis due to pipe bursts.

  

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  • Rudolf Rodrigues, Mum/Man

    Sun, Mar 26 2017

    Only mouth talking n fooling tax paying pubic!!

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  • Rita, Germany

    Sun, Mar 26 2017

    As I know ,water is being wasted in Mangalore,/karnataka since many years.Noone is interested to pay Attention ,whena leakage is there.How many places we see tapes are open continueous24hours,water flows in gutter.yara baduku hodare namagenu - so namma maneyelli neeridre saku.Now that Situation is there.No trees ,nogreenari.blame God and give puja,a way to give bhaxis.when I compare,people here are going with water very Carefully and with a concisous ness than us in Mangalore.They use washedup water from veg.etables to water the plants.Hope time is there to seriusly think about.

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  • Gerard Towers, MCC Ward 34 Shivabagh

    Sun, Mar 26 2017

    1 year to go for MCC polls.

    AAP Mangaluru needs to launch a 60 Wards Committees in MCC Awareness Drive across Mangaluru City which would resurrect and offer us a credible alternative.

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  • Ajoy D'silva, MCC Ward 31 Bejai

    Sat, Mar 25 2017

    COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION IN MUNICIPAL GOVERNANCE is constitutionally and legally provided, which in other words is a ward committee in each of the 60 MCC wards must be made complusory before Smart City Mangaluru Funding.

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  • J.F.D SOUZA, Attavar, Mangaluru

    Sat, Mar 25 2017

    The MCC has to form a group/Squad to attend such problems for 24 hours. Why the MCC is lethargic when such incidents occur now and then in Mangalore.

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  • Jossey Saldanha, Mumbai

    Sat, Mar 25 2017

    Water is traveling to Chennai ...

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  • neeth, Mangalore

    Sun, Mar 26 2017

    This is called development..

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  • Shankar, Mangalore

    Sat, Mar 25 2017

    Haven't you heard recently elected Mayor saying the first priority will be to ban plastic ?
    Water is secondary!

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  • Amigo, Mangalore

    Sat, Mar 25 2017

    Bade Bade Shaharon mein Chote Chote Ghatne Hothe Rehethe hai!!!!

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  • Rudolf Rodrigues, Mum/Man

    Sat, Mar 25 2017

    Effects of SMART CITY status!!

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  • H.DSOUZA, KODAGU / MANGALURU

    Sat, Mar 25 2017

    ಕರಾಟೆ ಪಟು ಮೆಯರ್ ಸದ್ಯ "ಯೊಗಾಸನದಲ್ಲಿ" Busy!

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  • Ronald D, Udupi

    Sat, Mar 25 2017

    This way corporaters should be made to run for their money! Often they are known to bother builders for each floor be it any corporation of India ! They should also learn to attend public related work!!

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  • G R PRABHUJI, Mangalore

    Sat, Mar 25 2017

    This is common in Mangalore because our MCC is not having skilled repairers .All are lazy. They do not have task force. Any how Mangalore is going to become SMART CITY.

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