Plans afoot by Karnataka Urban Water Supply and Drainage Board
Mysore/Mysuru:
Karnataka Urban Water Supply and Drainage Board (KUWS&DB) has drawn an ambitious plan of utilising recycled drainage water in public parks and for other non-drinking water purposes in city, said H.V. Rajeev, Chairman of Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA).
He was speaking after inaugurating Regional Conference of Region-3 organised by Lions International Clubs District 317-A with the theme ‘Lake Development-State Prosperity’ in city this morning.
Rajeev expressed his grave concern over the disappearance of natural water bodies owing to urbanisation and said human beings have disturbed nature’s cycle by changing water routes. In the name of development, man has systematically damaged catchment areas of lakes resulting in rain water flowing into sea or ocean instead of natural waterholes. It was happy to note that Lions Clubs have successfully rejuvenated a neglected lake in city and has