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The repeated overflow of ample volumes of h2o from the Vani Vilas Water Works (VVWW) reservoir successful Yadavgiri — the 2nd specified incidental wrong a fortnight — has caused interest and dismay among residents of the locality.
Bhamy V. Shenoy, a Yadavgiri nonmigratory and founder-president of Mysore Grahakara Parishat (MGP), said the ground-level reservoir overflowed again astir 3.30 a.m. connected February 15, with streams of h2o flowing on the roads towards Gujarat Samaj connected 1 broadside and the Vontikoppal Traffic Police Station connected the other.
The incident, occurring hardly days aft a akin overflow from the aforesaid reservoir, which flooded a edifice connected Vivekananda Road and damaged property, has further angered residents.
While Mr. Shenoy alleged negligence connected the portion of VVWW unit successful failing to adjacent the valve successful time, a VVWW authoritative attributed the incidental to a rupture successful the pipeline. “The unit could not adjacent the valve owed to the rupture. Water proviso done the pipeline had to beryllium stopped earlier repairs could beryllium carried retired successful the morning,” the authoritative said.
Recalling past incidents, Mr Shenoy said a akin overflow successful 2001 had flooded the location of an aged nonmigratory successful the locality, forcing her to vacate temporarily.
The MGP had earlier raised the contented with Regional Commissioner Nitesh Patil and different elder officials during a Janaspandana gathering attended by members of the Yadavgiri Residents Association. “We had demanded the constitution of a committee to inquire into the contented and hole work for the recurring overflows,” Mr. Shenoy said, expressing disappointment implicit the Mysuru City Corporation’s (MCC) nonaccomplishment to instrumentality enactment successful this regard.
Mr. Shenoy reiterated MGP’s request that the absorption of VVWW beryllium taken retired of the purview of the MCC.
