Mysore/Mysuru: Deputy Commissioner Dr. K.V. Rajendra has instructed the officers to take precautions to ensure that the drinking water related issues won’t surface in the district and tackle them effectively. Chairing the District Disaster Management Authority meeting through video conference at his office in city yesterday, the DC said “Several complaints related to drinking water…
Water crisis grips Chamundi Hill
March 20, 2023Works to lay new pipeline stopped since three years Mysore/Mysuru: With the works to lay new pipeline to supply adequate drinking water atop Chamundi Hill coming to a standstill since three years, the decades-old acute water scarcity problem atop Chamundi Hill is haunting the residents of the Hill this summer too. A mega drinking water…
Water crisis most acute for women
February 22, 2022International workshop debates gender issues in water management Mysore/Mysuru: An international workshop on ‘Gender Issues in Water Management in Developing Countries and Sustainable Development’ began at JSS Medical College here this morning. The workshop is being organised by JSS Academy of Higher Education and Research (JSS AHER), in association with Centre for Science and Technology…
No more water crisis atop Chamundi Hill
September 23, 2019Rs. 6.9 crore water project to be completed by November this year Project implemented to cater to the demands till 2050 Mysuru: The decades-old acute water scarcity atop Chamundi Hill will be solved in three months and from next summer, Hill residents need not block roads and resort to other forms of agitations like they…
Role of borewells in the water crisis of Karnataka and possible remedies
July 2, 2019An international workshop on water management was held at JSS Academy of Higher Education and Research in Mysuru recently. Here we publish an article by V. Mahesha, retired Hydro Geologist, Mysuru, to share some of his thoughts and solutions to the existing water crisis throughout the State. Now read on. — Ed By V. Mahesha,…
‘No water crisis in Mysuru’
April 29, 2019• In-charge Secretary of Mysuru District holds emergency meeting • Discusses better water management issues with Officers Mysuru: There is no water crisis in Mysuru and Mysuru City Corporation and the District Administration are fully equipped to handle the situation, said In-charge Secretary of Mysuru District IAS Officer Kalpana who chaired an emergency closed-door meeting…
Tiding over imminent water crisis: Additional water to be pumped from Meghalapura, Hongalli
November 7, 2018Mysuru: In view of the city staring at imminent water crisis in the months of February to May 2019, the District Administration and the Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) have been asked to gear up to face the problem by pumping in additional water from Meghalapura and Hongalli Pumping Stations. Chairing a meeting with officials from…
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