Instead of fixing overflowing drains, BWSSB staff mixed up pipelines,u00a0 resulting in contaminated water in borewells in the locality, claim citizens

If you have a overflowing manhole in your locality, then don't go to the Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board (BWSSB) staff, say residents of South End Road and Sirur Park road in Malleswaram. Instead of plugging the leak, workers in Malleswaram's South End Road found a shortcut by connecting the manhole to an adjoining storm water drain, leading to contamination of over 100 borewells in the locality.


Flushed: Secretary of Fortune Paradise apartment Vishwanath shows
the over flowing manhole connected to the drain on South End Road in
Malleswaram

A resident said, "It was a hole made to divert the sewage that mixed with the ground water and affected over 100 borewells."u00a0Overflowing manholes are nothing new to the city. The South End Road and Sirur Park road in Malleswaram are two among thousands. Six months ago, the BWSSB had issued notices to apartments to implement rainwater-harvesting facility, and accordingly, every apartment here has it.