Immediate Action from MCC Needed

The water distribution system of Mysore is being revamped under JNNURM project. Under the tripartite agreement signed by Mysore City Corporation, Karnataka Water Supply and Drainage Board and Jamshedpur Utilities and Services Company, JUSCO is laying new water lines to every consumer in Mysore.

But the new pipes are being installed only for a distance of one meter inside one's property. It is the reponsibility of the owner of the property to lay the pipes from there to the water meter. It is very difficult to get labour for such a small job. Even if labour can be found, the payment demanded is huge. From the complaints we have received from J.P.Nagar, workers are demanding as much as Rs. 1000-1500. Many desperate home owners are paying this huge amount. As the work progresses, the nearly 2 lakh domestic and commercial establishments in Mysore will face the same problem.

 If JUSCO itself does this work, not only will it be faster, the property owners will also be spared effort and expense. MGP has spoken to both JUSCO and KUWS&DB. JUSCO is ready to do the job only if KUWS&DB which is the paying authority issues instructions. KUWS&DB will issue instructions only if MCC passes a resolution to this effect and gets it approved by the state government. Therefore the proposal of having JUSCO do the entire job, one that may benefit lakhs of property owners in Mysore, hinges on MCC' resolution.

Therefore we request MCC to pass a resolution on the matter and ask KUWS&DB to issue suitable instructions to JUSCO. Let JUSCO publish its rate for laying one foot of pipe. If people find it acceptable, they will get the work done by JUSCO. On the other hand, if they think it is too much, they can get the work done by others.

  

V.Mahesha, Mysore Grahakara Parishat