Bengaluru, March 20 -- Reassuring residents amid the ongoing water crisis in the city, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah stated on Monday that there is sufficient water for drinking purposes, with the storage in KRS and Kabini reservoirs standing at 11.02 tmcft and 9.02 tmcft, respectively.

Following an emergency meeting on tackling the water scarcity with officials from the Urban Development Department and Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board, Siddaramaiah attributed the scarcity to the failure of borewells in the outer limit areas of BBMP.

Out of 14,000 government borewells, 6,900 have dried up, affecting 55 of the 110 villages merged into the BBMP. In response, he directed officials to drill more borewells, fill 14 major lakes from KC...