Cauvery water supply to be disrupted in Bengaluru on June 19 due to maintenance works
BWSSB said in a statement on Monday that all water treatment plants under the Cauvery Water Supply Project Phases 1 to 5 will be shut down from 6 am on Thursday, June 19, to 6 am on Friday, June 20.
The shutdown is necessary to facilitate the connection of a new 3,000-mm diameter pipeline to the Cauvery Stage V pipeline at T K Village, along with annual maintenance of power facilities and other essential works mandated by the Karnataka Electricity Transmission Corporation.
The agency has clarified that the decision was made to ensure an uninterrupted water supply and carry out the works in a timely and efficient manner.
As a result of the plant shutdown, water supply across the Greater Bengaluru Urban Area will be affected. Residents, as well as commercial and industrial establishments, have been advised to store sufficient water in advance and use it judiciously during the maintenance window.
Officials added that efforts are being made to complete the works as quickly as possible and restore the supply by the stipulated time.
Bengaluru currently faces a persistent water supply-demand gap of approximately 400 million litres per day (MLD), with BWSSB supplying around 900 MLD against a demand of 1.3 billion litres. The recently commissioned Cauvery Stage V project aims to provide water to 50 lakh new beneficiaries through 4 lakh new connections, though challenges such as high deposit costs for new connections have caused frustration among residents.
The stage V project provides piped Cauvery water to 110 peripheral villages and other outlying areas of Bengaluru, reducing dependency on private water tankers and borewells while addressing water scarcity in these regions.
This project targets approximately 50 lakh (5 million) residents across areas, including Mahadevapura, Yeshwantpur, Yelahanka, Bangalore South, T Dasarahalli, Byatarayanapura, Rajarajeshwari Nagar, Kengeri, and Bommanahalli. It adds a water supply capacity of 775 million liters per day (MLD), amounting to 10 thousand million cubic feet (tmcft) annually, increasing Bengaluru's total supply from 1,450 MLD to 2,225 MLD.
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