Mysuru: Repair works of the clarifier and filter bed at Vani Vilas Water Works (VVWW) has been taken up by Karnataka Urban Water Supply and Drainage Board (KUWS&DB) under Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (AMRUT) to purify water supplied to the city from Hongalli 3rd Stage. Hence, the water supplied to Ward numbers…
Company asked to pay Rs. 1.50 lakh for damaging water pipe
December 22, 2018Mysuru: The Vani Vilas Water Works (VVWW) officials have issued a notice to a private company for damaging the Sluice Valve of a water pipe that led to huge wastage of water on KRS Road. The company has been asked to cough up Rs.1.50 lakh as fine and damage caused to property. It may be…
Political interference hinders decision making at Vani Vilas Water Works
November 12, 2018VVWW Executive Engineer expresses helplessness at MGP Meeting Mysuru: The Vani Vilas Water Works (VVWW) officials many a times cannot take decisions in the interest of the public on their own because of the political interference, said Executive Engineer Harish, expressing his helplessness. He was speaking at an interaction meeting on “Distribution of drinking water,…
No blueprint of water pipeline with Mysuru City Corporation
March 12, 2018Mysuru: The Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) surprisingly and sadly does not have the blueprint of the drinking water pipeline laid out in various extensions of the city including the heart of the city, revealed Vani Vilas Water Works (VVWW) Assistant Executive Engineer (East) Vinay Kumar, Junior Executive Engineer Girish (South) and Muddu Mallegowda. They were…
Youths protest against corruption at VVWW
July 27, 2017Mysuru: Urging action against corrupt Vani Vilas Water Works (VVWW) Engineers & contractor, demanding to rectify mistake in second standard Kannada textbook and to rectify the snag of the online registration portal of Kattada Karmikara Kalyana Mandali, various organisations staged separate protests at many places in yesterday. Paduvarahalli Srigandha Yuvakara Sangha: Alleging corruption of crores…
Irregularities in Vani Vilas Water Works: Tender has been awarded only after discussion in Council: EE
July 26, 2017Mysuru: The Executive Engineer (EE) of Vani Vilas Water Works (VVWW) has clarified that no irregularities has occurred with regard to the repair of faulty leaking pipes. The allegations that the contract had been awarded, bills had been paid violating the rules and while awarding the contract, the Council had been misled are all false,…
Irregularities in Vani Vilas Water Works: Leaking water pipes leak crores of rupees!
July 24, 2017Mysuru: The more than a century-old Vani Vilas Water Works (VVWW) is in the news for all the wrong reasons. A whopping Rs. 3.42 crore, allegedly paid to a contractor, violating rules, to repair faulty leaking pipes in Mysuru city, has come to light. The irony, it is alleged, is that this huge amount has…
Vani Vilas Water Works stinks !
June 23, 2017Mysuru: There is scare of dengue fever in city, though the Government is consistently denying it. The surrounding of houses should be kept clean without allowing water to stagnate. The Corporation officials and people’s representatives are trying to bring about awareness. However, it is surprising to see that under the very nose of the Mysuru…
Water leakage: Residents vent out their ire against official apathy
March 30, 2017Venting out their ire against the apathy of officials who have failed to repair the damaged pipeline along Chamundi Vihar Stadium, which has been leaking for over 3 months, local residents led by BJP leader and Kautilya Educational Institutions Chairman R. Raghu, staged a demonstration near the spot on Monday urging the authorities to act…
Water supply timings need to be revised
February 14, 2017Sir, With the failure of monsoon, many parts of the city is already experiencing water scarcity which everyone is aware. We see people buying water in tankers of late. I have observed that Vani Vilas Water Works (VVWW) is opening the water valve late in the night and closing the same by early morning. Such…
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