Pramesh S Jain.Yogesh K Porwar
BWSSB will go for a massive water shutdown on Wednesday and Thursday,as 30th June and 1st July to take up the work to stop a six-month-old leak in the main transmission water pipeline from Thorekadanahalli (TK Halli) to the city.
The pipeline was leaking earlier too,but over the last few days,the wastage has surged to one million litres per day (MLD).
The city gets water from Shiva Anaicut reservoir along Cauvery river,travelling a distance of over 100 km.
It reaches the TK Halli reservoir by gravity and then pumped to the city through three pumping stations and mammoth pipelines.
The main pipeline enters the city at two points Kothanur Dinne (near Puttenahalli Lake) and Hegganahalli (near Beggars’ Colony). Water is then pumped to ground-level reservoirs across Bengaluru, he said. He added that areas that get water through the Cauvery Water Stage IV (Phase-I) will be affected Senior Engineer of BWSSB explained.
The BWSSB had planned to take up the work two months ago.The leak was minimal then. But we could not take it up because of COVID and labour shortage,” he said.
The city receives between 1,462 and 1,475 MLD of water daily from TK Halli,The pipeline was laid in 2002.An isolation valve needs to be replaced as it is damaged.
The site is at Gublala village,which is a short distance from TK Halli.We will replace a portion of this 5.6 km pipeline with a new pipe and valve.
We have to shut down the water supply to carry out the work.The work could take 16 to 18 hours. “A large amount of water from the pipe has to be drained out before starting the work,” he explained further.
The areas that will be facing disruptions in water supply include Shettihalli,Kammagondanahalli, Mallasandra,Bagalagunte,T Dasarahalli,HMT ward,Peenya second stage,third stage,fourth phase,Rajagopal Nagar,Ganapathi Nagar,MEI Colony,Lakshmidevi Nagar,BHCS Layout,Happy Valley,part of BDA Layout,Uttarahalli,Bellandur, Ibbalur,Koramangala first block, fourth block, fourth C block, J block, Military campus ASC center, Siddhartha Colony, Venkatapura, Teachers Colony, Jakkasandra and Jakkasandra Extension, ST bed area, part of Jayanagar fourth T block, Arsu Colony, Thilaknagar, NEI Layout, East End A & B main roads, Krishnappa Garden, BHEL Layout, BTM second stage, Mico Layout, NS Palya, Gurappanpalya, Sudguntepalya, Bismillah Nagar, JP Nagar fourth to eighth stages, Puttenahalli, Jaraganahalli, RBI Layout, Panduranga Nagara, Arakere, Mico layout, Doresani palya, Kottanuru Dinne, Venkatadri Layout, Chunchaghatta, Konanakunte, SBM Layout, Supreme Residency Layout, Lake City, Nadamma Layout, Rotary Nagar, Kodichikkanahalli Village.
Other areas that will also be affected by the disruptions are HSR Layout first to seventh sectors, Agara Village, Mangammanapalya, Madina Nagara, ITI Layout, Hosa Layout Palya, Bande Palya, Chandra Layout, BEML Layout first to fifth stage, Nagarbhavi, Annapoorneshwari Nagar, Vishweswarayya Layout all stages, BEL Layout all stages, Mallathahalli, Ulala, D group Layout, Railway Layout, Byadarahalli, Rajajinagar, Mahalakshmi Layout, Rajajinagar sixth block, Basaveshwar Nagar, Manjunath Nagar, Nandini Layout, Goragunte Palya, Shankar Nagar, Prakash Nagar, Kurubarahalli, Shankarmatha, Kamala Nagar, Kamakshipalya, BEML Layout, KHB Colony, Shivanagar, Agrahara Dasarahalli, Papiah Garden and surrounding places will be affected says a official release released by BWSSB.
