Bengaluru Water Crisis: More Than 20 Families Slapped With Fine For Wasting Water

With the change of season from pleasant spring to hot summer, things are not looking better for the Karnataka capital.

Bengaluru Water Crisis: The city of Bengaluru is grappling with a severe water crisis. Even potable, drinking water is hard to find. With the change of season from pleasant spring to hot summer, things are not looking better for the Karnataka capital, as if for now.

Amidst all this brouhaha, the Bengaluru authorities have fined more than 20 families for “using drinking water for non-essential activities”. These include washing cars and gardening. Now, the families, which are reported to be 22 in number, have been slapped with a fine of Rs 5000 each for the violation of the orders of the water supply board to conserve water and not use it for the purposes mentioned above until the situation gets back to normal.

The Bengaluru Water Supply and Sewerage Board (BWSSB) has collected Rs 1.1 lakh in fines from the 22 households. The fines were collected from different areas of the city, with the highest, Rs 80,000, coming from the southern region.

The BWSSB had earlier this month asked the residents to use the water judiciously and conserve as much as possible. It also urged residents to refrain from using the drinking water for purposes like washing vehicles, construction work, sweeping floors, cleaning unnecessary objects, swimming pools, etc.

The water supply body had in an order said that violators will be fined Rs 5,000 and an additional fine of Rs 500 will be imposed along with Rs 5,000 on repeated violators.

The BWSSB also said that it will cut down 20 percent of the water supply to bulk users. According to the BWSSB, the bulk users are those who use two crore litres a day.