Updated On: 16 July, 2009 08:30 AM IST | | Chetan R
They also claim that only 100 wells will be plugged but are yet to publish the project's Environment Impact Assessment Study notification of 2006
They also claim that only 100 wells will be plugged but are yet to publish the project's Environment Impact Assessment Study notification of 2006
No one knows yet, but about three lakh borewells will be plugged for Namma Metro work, leaving at least a million Bangaloreans with no water source.
The Metro line goes underground for about 9 km, and will affect the water source for borewells.u00a0
Metro officials haven't told anyone yet, but planners are wondering how the shortfall in drinking water will be met. Some three lakh borewells will dry up, a source in Vidhana Soudha told MiD DAY.
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