Bengaluru, March 5 -- Karnataka deputy chief minister and Bengaluru development minister, DK Shivakumar, has issued a directive to the Bengaluru Water Supply and Sewerage Board (BWSSB) to take charge of all irrigation and commercial borewells.
The decision comes after the mounting concerns over the looming water crisis in the city's urban and rural areas.
Addressing the media after a meeting on the drinking water crisis, Shivakumar said they have come up with a solution for drinking water.
"Water does not belong to any individual and it belongs to the government. That is the law of the country. The state has the right to take over the same in the time of water crisis. The law pertaining to water also allows the state to take over borewel...