The summer is upon us and as usual, Mysore is facing a water scarcity.
MGP has written to MCC Commissioner with the following suggestions to
tide over the crisis.
1. MCC should arrange for regular surprise checks during early
mornings ward-wise to report back on wastage/misuse of water. The team
should report leakages in water mains, overflowing of overhead tanks,
taps which are not shut, etc. Action can be initiated under Sec. 208 of
the Karnataka Municipal Corporations Act against wastage/misuse of water
2. MCC must address, on a war footing, the problem of defective water meters.
3. Many residential and commercial properties have borewells and
they are misusing the borewell water wastefully. This water belongs to
everyone just as rivers and tanks and a few moneyed individuals should
not be allowed to exploit it just because they have the money. These
borewells have been dug without obtaining permission from MCC which is
mandatory under Secs. 300 and 312 of the KMC Act. Action must be taken
to close these borewells unless they are fitted with meters and the
owners levied a suitable tariff based on the consumption.
Sreemathi Hariprasad, Mysore Grahakara Parishat