It’s a prophecy that is almost here. It’s been predicted that Bengaluru will run out of ground water in 2020. For people like Neetu Tandon, Managing Committee member of the 330-apartment complex SJR Verity on Sarjapur Road, the last few months have been like a glimpse of the future.
For two days in April, she says families in their 330-apartment complex survived for 36 hours on bottled water till they found a 6,000 litre private water tanker who was willing to supply water at Rs 1500 instead of the usual Rs 500.” This, because the borewells that the tankers would draw from, had dried up.
Not surprising says Vishwanath Srikantaiah, city-based water activist and co-founder of Biome Environmental Solutions. Rampant concretisation and infrastructure projects such as white topping have reduced the amount of rainfall entering aquifers to just 3 percent. The forecast for 2020 looks even worse.Click Here: liverpool mens jersey