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BWSSB 24/7 call centre to address public grievances

21 Jul

From August, BWSSB consumers can lodge their complaints on problems such as interruption in water supply, contamination, theft, overflowing manholes and leakage with the call centre. The Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board (BWSSB) is setting up a 24/7 call centre at its main office in Cauvery Bhavan which is likely to commence its operation from first week of August.

The call centre will be connected with all 104 service stations located across the BWSSB’s limits. Consumers can also lodge their complaint at the nearest service station. Plans are also on cards to set up the service stations in all 198 wards of the BBMP. Besides, a six-member mobile squads will be formed for every four assembly constituencies. The squad will address major problems, Minister in-charge of Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Katta Subramanya Naidu added.

Naidu said the much-delayed underground drainage (UGD) project in the newly-added areas of the BBMP has commenced. Nearly 2,000 km of UGD line will be laid under the project, which is expected to be completed by 2012, he added.

The BWSSB will set up 18 treatment plants across Bangalore, including one in Yalahanka. An estimated 600 million litre of water per day will be treated in these plants and supplied for industrial and non-potable use. As many as 18,250 people have adopted rain water harvesting technique ever since it was made mandatory. “Though it has been made mandatory, we will not force the consumers to adopt it,”  he stated.

 
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Register installation of Rainwater Harvest or get BWSSB water disconnected

29 Apr

May 27, 2010 is the deadline for Bangalore citizen to install rainwater harvesting. That’s the deadline to ensure your house has a rainwater harvesting system.If you don’t have one in place by then, your water and sanitation connections could be severed. This rule applies to all existing buildings on 60 ft x 40 ft sites and larger.




The recent amendment to the BWSSB Act now makes Rainwater Harvest (RWH) compulsory for newly constructed houses on 30 ft x 40 ft sites and above and extends to existing houses on 60 ft x 40 ft sites and above.The Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board (BWSSB) is doing its bit to ensure compliance, sending notices to nearly 60,000 buildings across the city.

Those who’ve got the Rainwater Harvest (RWH) installation done must register at the nearest BWSSB AEE office to ensure that its database is updated. “We’ve been issuing notices over the past two months. With the deadline fast approaching, the response is better in some areas. The 60,000 units identified are those places which get regular water supply. The newly added areas will be forced to enter into the RWH mode only after they start getting regular water supply from BWSSB,’’ said a senior BWSSB official. Last week, the BWSSB demonstrated how to put a RWH system in place. BWSSB notices haven’t reached some localities yet.

“No one has received the notice yet in our area. However, many people have already started making arrangements. We’re also persuading people to meet the deadline,” said Joseph Meneuad, president, Richard’s Town Resident Welfare Association. “BWSSB officials wanted to meet residents but so far they haven’t done it. I don’t think people have received notices,” said B S Anantharam of the Koramangala ST Bed Welfare Association. “The notice saying that if we don’t meet the May deadline, our water and sanitary connections will be cut off. Some residents have started getting it fixed. Next month, we’ll have a seminar to brief residents. There’s also a model rainwater harvesting park in 5th Block which is almost complete,” said B Bhaskar of Jayanagar 5th Block RWA.

BWSSB threatens to disconnect Water And Sanitary Connections of its consumer if Rainwater Harvesting is not installed on or before deadline and get register of Rainwater Harvesting installation at the nearest BWSSB AEE office. BWSSB issuing notices over the past two months andBWSSB has issued notices to nearly 60,000 buildings across the city. May 27, is deadline for installation of Rainwater Harvesting system for newly constructed houses on 30 ft x 40 ft and above sites, and for exisiting houses on 60 ft x 40 ft and above sites.Install rainwater harvesting system on or before deadline or get disconnection of water and sanitation from BWSSB.

 
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BWSSB water tariff will increase by 33 to 200 per cent

05 Apr

The government on Friday announced water tariff in Bangalore will increase by 33 to 200 per cent. Ex-chairman B N Thyagaraja slammed it as a ‘real shock to citizens.’ He called for a review of the Board’s existing expenditure and find if anything else can be reduced before proposing hike in charges.




“As per prevailing rules, the Board should first notify the proposed tariff and then call for public objections, giving them 30 days. After receiving objections, the same should be reviewed by the Board. It can change tariff if necessary, and then send proposals to the government. Since more than 50% of the Board revenue goes towards power charges, the government passed an order that whenever there’s hike in the charges, BWSSB can raise water tariff only to cover increase in power cost without calling for objections. But hiking charges without consulting the public is wrong. Capital expenditure of the project component cannot be included in the water tariff. The amount has to be borrowed for execution, and water tariff should include only the interest component,” Thyagaraja pointed out.

Reference: Times of India

 
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Citizen should stop contaminating groundwater

23 Mar

Karnataka High court judge V. Gopal Gowda said “Following rapid industrialization and letting of sewage into the valleys, all river valleys in the city — Vrishabhavathi, Challaghatta and Hebbal — have been polluted. To ensure sustainable availability of water, every citizen has to play a vital role not only in conserving water but also preventing contamination of groundwater.”




Mr. Gowda blamed the citizens for contamination of groundwater. Mr. Gowda was inaugurating the program organized jointly by Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board (BWSSB) and Bangalore Jalamandali Abhiyantara Sangha to mark World Water Day. Monday (March 22) is being observed as World Water Day, with the theme “Clean Water for a Healthy World.”

Secretary, Urban Development, Shambhu Dayal Meena called upon people to keep a tab on their monthly water bills and reduce usage.“People should stop using potable water for washing vehicles and watering plants. I am saying this because I am from Rajasthan and I know the importance of water,” he said. He also called upon people and RWA/ Organizations to actively involve themselves in conserving water.

“To ensure sustainable availability of water, every citizen has to play a vital role not only in conserving water but also preventing contamination of groundwater, apart from harvesting rainwater” Said Mr. Gowda

Reference:

The Hindu

 
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Penalty of imprisonment up to six months if water is wasted

09 Mar

The Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board (BWSSB) new rules includes a penalty of imprisonment up to six months if water is wasted or misused. The Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage and Certain Other Laws (Amendment) Bill 2009, tabled in the assembly on Monday.The amendment to the Bill also brings developers of apartments and high-rise buildings in BBMP area to pay pro-rata charges (proportionate charges) towards cost of improvement of water and sewerage systems levied by the board from time to time.

Trying to bring in some accountability in citizens,BWSSB (Amendment) Bill 2009. Penalty applies to those who trespass on the premises connected with water supply, fails to maintain house connections in conformity with regulations, misuse or waste water etc. Further, the board has been empowered to insist on the building owner to adopt water-conservation methods like rainwater harvesting and recycling of waste water for potable purposes.

A committee was constituted, headed by a retired chief engineer, to review provisions of the BWSSB Act 1964 before the Bill was readied. The committee studied the acts of several cities including that of Chennai, Hyderabad and Delhi among others. Azim Premji University Bill 2010 was also tabled in the House.

You could land up in jail for six months if

  • trespass on the premises connected with water supply.
  • fails to maintain house connections in conformity with regulations.
  • using water supplied for domestic purposes for commercial or non-domestic purposes.
  • fails to comply with requisition to make house connection and construction of toilets in a location where water pipes may be broken or water polluted.
  • fails to adopt water-conservation methods like rainwater harvesting and recycling of waste water for potable purposes.



 
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Apartment complexes depends private water suppliers

22 Feb

Most of the apartment complexes on Sarjapur Road, Bellandur junction area, Bannerghatta Road, Whitefield and Marathahalli depend on bore-well water. But since these wells go dry, the residents and the management of the complexes turn to private water suppliers.The Outer Ring Road is dotted with huge high-rises but these apartments are not covered by the BWSSB yet.

“BWSSB had assured to give water in 2004. Till date there is no water. We are on a rocky terrain and so cannot access borewell water. All we can do is buy tanker water. We need 70 to 80 tankers every day to sustain these 550 apartments.How can the authorities give clearance to these huge apartments without any surety of water supply?” questions Raj Ramchandani, management committee member, Springfields apartments near Outer Ring Road.

The residents of erstwhile City Municipal Councils (CMCs) are yet to get Cauvery water supply. So they totally depend on private suppliers and shell out as much as Rs 8 lakh per month.There are other apartments too which rely on borewells.The Sun City is another huge apartment block near Sarjapur Road where water shortage looms. With around 1,300 apartments, the consumption is around 10 lakh litres to 12 lakh litres per day. The building authorities are also worried that people are not paying heed to the looming water disaster.

Sun City has a sewage treatment plant (STP) that recycles around 25,000 liters per day which is then used for watering the garden. Sobha Garnet has a groundwater recharge system and specific car washing days and timings and marked days for landscaping and gardening.

A BWSSB official said: “There is no law to restrict private water tanker supply business.At most the BBMP health officials can take action against them if they supply unhygienic water.”

Source: Times of India



 
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