Bengaluru, India’s “Silicon Valley,” is experiencing an unprecedented water crisis. Residents are trying every possible solution, from working from home to utilizing public restrooms. Due to a lack of water, residents in certain neighborhoods have been compelled to place restaurant orders and take baths every other day.
Strict consumption limitations result from people having to rely on water tankers for basic necessities, even in high-rise residences with water harvesting systems.
Restaurants are considering using disposable plates, glasses, and cups in order to reduce their water usage.
Educational institutions are also feeling the pinch. Recently, a coaching centre in the city asked its students to attend classes online due to an ’emergency’ for a week. Similarly, a school on Bannerghatta Road was also closed, asking students to attend classes online just like they did during the Covid pandemic.
Educational institutions are also feeling the pinch. Recently, a coaching centre in the city asked its students to attend classes online due to an ’emergency’ for a week. Similarly, a school on Bannerghatta Road was also closed, asking students to attend classes online just like they did during the Covid pandemic.
Lakshmi V, an IT professional living in Singasandra, has been requesting her firm to allow WFH option so that she and her family can temporarily shift to her native place in Tiruchirapalli in Tamil Nadu until the situation becomes better.
“If the situation persists, we are thinking of seeking a work from home option. We are planning to move to our native place in Tamil Nadu temporarily till rain arrives here,” she said.
Bengaluru primarily gets its water supply from two sources – Cauvery river and groundwater. For most non-drinking uses, recycled water processed by sewage treatment plants is used. With no rain for a while now, the primary sources have been stretched to their limits. Bengaluru needs 2,600-2,800 million litres of water daily, and the current supply is half of what’s required. The result is a daily struggle for the city’s residents.
People who live in Bengaluru’s periphery—particularly in the 110 villages that were included into the city in 2007—are also bearing the burden of this.
With the Lok Sabha in just a few weeks, the issue has also escalated into a political showdown between the opposition BJP and the state’s ruling Congress government. While the Congress has charged that the BJP-led federal government is not giving Karnataka, which is suffering from a drought, any financial support, the BJP has staged multiple protests against the government.
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