Kushalnagar, Nov. 20: An incident occurred on Wednesday when foamy chemical water flowed into the Cauvery river flowing in the Kushalnagar limits, causing panic among the people living along the riverbank.
Internal Drainage Board officials said that the situation arose due to a burst pipe while discharging waste from buildings through the unfinished drainage work.
Thousands of liters of contaminated water have flowed into the river from near Baichanahalli due to illegal discharge of contaminated water through the unfinished drainage project pipe from commercial buildings in some places.
Many people who used the river water suffered from diarrhea and other adverse effects. Upon receiving information about this, the Drainage Board officials visited the spot and inspected it.
Karnataka Sewerage and Drinking Water Supply Board Assistant Engineer Bipin, who responded with energy, said that immediate action has been taken to prevent water flowing through pipes from being added to the river. He said that action will be taken after investigating the illegal direct discharge of polluted water into the UGD pipe.
He said that machinery will be brought to extract the polluted water accumulated inside the pipe.
Umashankar, the officer-in-charge of the Karnataka Pollution Control Board, said that the concerned officials have been instructed to take action regarding the direct discharge of polluted water into the Cauvery River. He said that the local municipal officials have been directed to take strict action to prevent commercial buildings from discharging polluted water directly into the river under any circumstances.
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