Mangaluru : District In-charge Secretary V Ponnuraj has directed officials to submit a report on impounding water at a height of seven metres at Thumbe vented dam, the main source of water for Mangaluru. District In-charge Secretary V Ponnuraj has directed officials to submit a report on impounding water at a height of seven metres […]

Mangaluru : 48 open wells have been identified in City Corporation limits for supplying water said, Deputy Commissioner Sasikanth Senthil on Monday. He was speaking at a meeting chaired by District In-charge Minister U T Khader at the deputy commissioner’s office in Mangaluru on Monday. Senthil said that there are 135 borewells and 48 open […]

Mangaluru : The Congress leaders have not made sincere efforts to get funds from the government for storing water at Thumbe Vented Dam up to the maximum level of seven metres said, D. Vedavyasa Kamath, MLA, Mangaluru City South, on Monday Funds are required for paying compensation to those whose land will be submerged when water is […]

Mangaluru: The 60 wards residents in Mangaluru city will get drinking water on daily basis from May 01 said  Mangaluru City Corporation (MCC) Mayor Kavita Sanil. Speaking at a press meet at MCC here, She said, the water level at Thumbe as on Tuesday was 4.22 metres. “We have ensured release of water stored at […]

Mangaluru: BJP staged protest on Wednesday before Mangaluru City Corporation (MCC) has alleging that MCC creating artificial water shortage even if there is enough water storage in Thumbe vented dam for the people in the city. Speaking on the occasion, senior BJP leader and former MLC Monappa Bhandary said that, MCC including Mayor Kavitha Sanil […]

Mangaluru : B. Ramanath Rai, Minister in-charge of Dakshina Kannada, said the State government has sanctioned Rs. 7 crore in compensation to those whose land has been submerged by the Netravati as water in Thumbe dam has been stored up to 5 m. Speaking at a meeting here on Friday, the Minister said that the […]

Mangaluru : Former minister Krishna J Palemar asserted that excess amount of coliform is found in the drinking water supplied from Thumbe dam. “The intake of this water may lead to fatal diseases like diarrhoea and can also have a bad impact on bones,” the former minister told reporters here on Tuesday, when he released […]

Mangaluru: Roshan Baig, Karnataka’s Minister for Urban Development has said that he would personally look into solving the water problem in Mangaluru by taking steps to increase the level of water storage in the Thumbe vented dam. Responding to a call attention motion by MLA J R Lobo during the Assembly session on Wednesday, Minister […]

Mangaluru: The Mangaluru City Corporation has plugged the leakage in one of the two main pipelines bringing water from the Thumbe Vented Dam to the city on Thursday afternoon and resumed pumping. Mayor Harinath told that several parts of the city did not get water since Wednesday. However, supply has been restored now. The corporation […]

Mangaluru : Unhappy with Deputy Commissioner A.B. Ibrahim lifting the ban on industries drawing water from the Netravathi, Mayor Harinath said on Thursday that the decision has pained him as normality in drinking water supply in the city has not been restored yet. The Mayor said that being the first citizen of Mangaluru he has […]