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KOZHIKODE: Technical issues have thwarted attempts to address the serious issue of drinking water scarcity even though special orders had been issued by the chief minister for speedy implementation of drought relief schemes. Chief minister Oommen Chandy had promised that limited tenders will be sanctioned for the emergency completion of drinking water projects in the district including repair of pumping motors, laying additional pipelines and cleaning water resources. Following this, all 15 MLAs in the district volunteered to submit a set of proposals requiring immediate attention of KWA and revenue officials. Though the direction was to complete all emergency works in three days' time, more than 95% of the proposals are still pending before the officials, owing to delay on the part of KWA. "Nothing has improved after the CM's meeting. Though promises were aplenty, the officials have started the usual blame games while the common man is still denied drinking water facili

KOCHI: Lunch was not a very sumptuous affair for employees and the public in general who depend on city eateries on Tuesday. In fact, many had no choice at all as a majority of restaurants in the city downed their shutters due to water shortage. Around 60% of the 1,800 restaurants, including small and medium ones, remained closed till 3pm. According to the Kerala Hotel and Restaurant Association (KHRA), the eateries were left with no option after water supply was disrupted since Sunday midnight owing to the maintenance work being carried out by the Kerala Water Authority (KWA). The association said there was so much confusion over water supply since the repair work was earlier postponed and later not communicated clearly by KWA, resulting in restaurants failing to store enough water. "Restaurants had no option but to close down. The crisis became worse as water tankers were not allowed to enter the city during day time. If the authorities had given consent, the crisis could ha

KOCHI : The state government has decided to set up a   Rs805-crore   drinking water project which will cater to consumers in the city and suburbs, including   Thrikkakara . Inaugurating the revenue collection   centre   of   Kerala Water Authority ( KWA ) at   Thrikkakara   on Friday, water resources minister P J Joseph said the project would provide around 109 million   litres   per day ( mld ) of water. The city, currently, receives about   168mld   from about   240mld   supplied from the   Aluva   water treatment plant. He added that the state government has submitted various projects to the tune of Rs 5,000 crore to the Union government. Meanwhile, the non-revenue water management (NRWM) wing of KWA has found that around 22mld is being siphoned off illegally, pointing to rampant water theft in the city. This is over and above the 25% water supply loss suffered daily. From 168mld supplied from the Aluva pump house daily, around 64mld is unaccounted for, according to KWA officials.