Mangaluru: With the demand only increasing by the day, the Mangalore City Corporation, on the request of some, is now looking to explore the possibility of drawing water from the outskirts, like the Malvoor dam.

Dakshina Kannada MP Nalin Kumar Kateel suggested that the MCC look into this, so as to provide an alternative supply in case the situation calls for it.

This is a dam that one can find across the Phalguni river and has been providing water to over 14 villages across the town. Built in the year 2017, the project was said to have come up to an amount of 42.5 crores.

Mangalore, which has till now been relying on the Thumbe dam which is found across the Netravati river, has been facing acute water scarcity recently. As a result of this, some villages have begun to depend on the city corporation’s pipeline.

The dam is still supplying water to parts of Mangalore, Mulki and UIlal though this doesn’t seem to be enough. The Malvoor dam, on the other hand, has enough water to supply to places like Kavoor, Panchady, Kulshekar, Thiruvail, Kunjathbail and Markada.

Meanwhile, plans are also in place to construct a water treatment plant near the dam at Adyar. This way, Mangalore cam soon come out of the water crisis that it has recently seemed to have been facing.

In the wake of all these issues, deputy commissioner Mullai Muhilan MP has urged officials to be more responsible in addressing the issue more urgently, asking them to identify areas of water scarcity and come up with solutions quickly.

This is in fact, very important as we are in the peak of the summer season. Meanwhile there are 39 villages around the city that seem to be suffering with not enough water for even drinking.

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