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'Unclean' water sparks health concerns among villagers - The New Indian Express
The New Indian Express
'Unclean' water sparks health concerns among villagers
The New Indian Express
B C Gangadhar, Superintending Engineer, BWSSB, said that the water was being tested at both the sewage treatment plant and the outlet in Lakshmisagar “every day”. “We only allow the water to flow if all the pollutants are within permissible limits,” he ...
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BWSSB files case against telco for damaging water pipeline - The ... - The Hindu
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BWSSB files case against telco for damaging water pipeline - The ...
The Hindu
A police complaint was registered against telecom company Jio by the Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board (BWSSB) for damaging its pipelines while ...
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India's colonial legacy almost caused Bangalore to run out of water - The Conversation UK
The Conversation UK
India's colonial legacy almost caused Bangalore to run out of water
The Conversation UK
After India gained independence in 1947, the Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board (BWSSB) was established. In response to the city's water supply issues, the board floated the idea of pumping in water from the river Cauvery – more than 100km ...
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MG Road footpaths pay for missing out on TenderSURE - Deccan Herald
Deccan Herald
MG Road footpaths pay for missing out on TenderSURE
Deccan Herald
Explaining why the pipelines were not replaced, K T Nagaraj, Chief Engineer (Project Central & BSUP), BBMP, pointed to the metro line that passes through MG Road and the high cost of building TenderSURE footpaths. The Bangalore Metrorail Corporation ...
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Better supply of Cauvery water this year: BWSSB - Deccan Herald
Deccan Herald
Better supply of Cauvery water this year: BWSSB
Deccan Herald
The bountiful start of monsoon this year has proved to be a boon for the Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board (BWSSB) as it won't face difficulty in supplying Cauvery water — with a brimming upstream river catchment of Krishna Raja Sagar (KRS) ...
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16000 truckloads of silt to be removed from Hesaraghatta dam - Times of India
Times of India
16000 truckloads of silt to be removed from Hesaraghatta dam
Times of India
TOI has accessed a copy of the DPR, which has been prepared by Tata Consulting Engineers Limited and submitted to the Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board (BWSSB). It will be placed before the cabinet for approval in the coming weeks.
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Rainwater harvesting system could help avoid water stagnation - The Hindu
The Hindu
Rainwater harvesting system could help avoid water stagnation
The Hindu
During the last monsoon, around 66,000 properties had invested in rainwater harvesting systems, and the number has increased, Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board (BWSSB) officials said. BWSSB Engineer-in-Chief Kemparamaiah said a total of ...
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Draft bill proposes 3-tier governance structure - The Hindu
The Hindu
Draft bill proposes 3-tier governance structure
The Hindu
The lack of co-ordination is due to the fact that other corporations — BDA, BMTC, BMRCL, BWSSB and Bescom — come directly under the State government and are not answerable to the civic administration. The bill proposes to get all parastatals under ...
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Bengaluru Kalkere Lake stink gets fishy - The New Indian Express
The New Indian Express
Bengaluru Kalkere Lake stink gets fishy
The New Indian Express
Sewage Treatment Plants (STPs) have been set up by the Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board (BWSSB) that allow for approximately two litres of treated water being released into the lake located near Ramamurthy Nagar. However, there has been ...
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BMRCL begins rejuvenating Kengeri, Veerasandra Lakes - Deccan Herald
Deccan Herald
BMRCL begins rejuvenating Kengeri, Veerasandra Lakes
Deccan Herald
Though the Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Limited (BMRCL) called tenders to rejuvenate the Kengeri Lake in January 2017, it could not go ahead with the project due to stringent conditions laid by the now defunct Karnataka Lake Conservation and ...
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BWSSB projects March 2021 deadline for sewage network in 110 villages - Citizen Matters, Bengaluru
Citizen Matters, Bengaluru
BWSSB projects March 2021 deadline for sewage network in 110 villages
Citizen Matters, Bengaluru
A progress-review report presented during a meeting at the Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board (BWSSB) head office on May 26, 2018 says that 36 months is the timeline set to complete building the sewerage system for the 225 sq km added to ...
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NGT probe team slams Karnataka government for failure to protect Bellandur Lake - The New Indian Express
The New Indian Express
NGT probe team slams Karnataka government for failure to protect Bellandur Lake
The New Indian Express
Tushar Girinath, Chairman, Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board (BWSSB), said, “BWSSB can only aid in the survey of which establishments have STPs and which don't. It's up to the KSPCB to get the power supply disconnected to those apartments ...
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Bellandur, Varthur Lakes spill toxic froth yet again - Deccan Herald
Deccan Herald
Bellandur, Varthur Lakes spill toxic froth yet again
Deccan Herald
The locals were irked over the BDA officials expressing helplessness over the issue and blaming the Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board (BWSSB) for the delay in the construction of the sewage treatment plants. BDA engineer member B L ...
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How long before BWSSB's Cauvery Stage V reaches Bengaluru? - Citizen Matters, Bengaluru
Citizen Matters, Bengaluru
How long before BWSSB's Cauvery Stage V reaches Bengaluru?
Citizen Matters, Bengaluru
The Government of Karnataka directed the Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board (BWSSB) to divert Cauvery river water to the five zones under the Cauvery Water Supply Scheme-Stage V plan, in a letter written on January 2, 2014. This was kept in ...
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Guest Column: Not against committees, but give MPC its due - Deccan Chronicle
Deccan Chronicle
Guest Column: Not against committees, but give MPC its due
Deccan Chronicle
But the Bangalore Metropolitan Planning Committee, which has been reluctantly set up by the state government after a lot of pressure from citizen activists, must be given its due. Although the MPC was formed in the last leg of the Siddaramaiah ... It ...
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The stink in Kalkere - Bangalore Mirror
Bangalore Mirror
The stink in Kalkere
Bangalore Mirror
On April 6, BM had reported about the fish deaths due to the leakage of a toxic black liquid from the STP installed by BWSSB. It had caused a number of fish deaths then due to the lack of oxygen in the water caused by the effluent. One can now see ...
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Life in panathur is a nightmare: Residents complain of traffic mess, crumbling roads, lack of streetlights - Bangalore Mirror
Bangalore Mirror
Life in panathur is a nightmare: Residents complain of traffic mess, crumbling roads, lack of streetlights
Bangalore Mirror
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Why stay parched? let's tap bounty from the heavens - Deccan Chronicle
Deccan Chronicle
Why stay parched? let's tap bounty from the heavens
Deccan Chronicle
Over 58,000 houses in the city have still not installed rain water harvesting structures , according to the Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board (BWSSB) , which claims to have collected over Rs 20 crore in penalty since August 2016. With the ...
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'Visible improvement in Bellandur Lake in three months' - The Hindu
The Hindu
'Visible improvement in Bellandur Lake in three months'
The Hindu
He reprimanded Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board (BWSSB) officials and directed them to put up a 5MLD Sewage Treatment Plant (STP) at the upstream Kaggadasapura lake to take the overload of sewage from the several apartments that have ...
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