Bengaluru water supply cut tomorrow: Check timing, affected areas, possible solution

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The Indian Express. The 24-hour water supply disruption will begin at 6 am on February 27 and will continue till 6 am on February 28. According to a report in Times of India's The Weather Channel, the city presently has access to about 1,850 million litres per day (MLD), but it needs at least 1,680 MLD more to meet water needs.

Bengaluru's groundwater has depleted, and at least 1,240 out of 10,995 borewells are now at risk of drying up. On top of it, the Reverse Osmosis (RO) units that provide affordable drinking water (20 litres at ₹5) have either shut down or doubled their prices. In a ripple effect, the street vendors and small businesses dependent on these units now face challenges.

This acute water shortage months before peak summer is forcing many residents to ration their water use and pay almost double the usual price to meet their daily needs, according to a report by Reuters. The price of water tankers in the city has already skyrocketed as well, with rates likely to go over double the usual rates during peak summer. In some parts of Bengaluru, residents are having to pay as much as ₹2,000 for a 12,000-litre tanker.

The same 12,000-litre tanker had cost ₹1,200 earlier. An estimated 20% of Bangaloreans depend on private tanker operators for drinking water. "We now need to book water tankers two days in advance; my plants are dying, and I'm taking alternate-day showers," said Santhosh CA, a resident of Horamavu in north Bengaluru, as quoted by Reuters.