Cauvery water supply to be disrupted in Bengaluru from September 15-17

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The Bengaluru Water Supply and Sewerage Board (BWSSB) has announced a 60-hour disruption in the Cauvery water supply across the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) limits from September 15 to 17 duet to emergency maintenance works.

According to a report by The New Indian Express, the Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board (BWSSB) stated that pumping stations under Cauvery Stage V will be temporarily shut down to carry out the works. Similarly, maintenance work will be taken up at Phase-1 and Phase-2 pumping stations of Cauvery Stage I, II, III and IV from 6 am on September 16 till 6 am on September 17.

The maintenance works are being undertaken to ensure smooth functioning and sustained operations of pumping stations and major pipelines of the Cauvery Water Supply Project, V Ram Prasath Manohar, BWSSB Chairman, was quoted by TNIE as saying.

Citizens have been requested to store water as due to the shutdown, water supply across areas dependent on the Cauvery project will be affected.