Water supply ban on industries lifted by DK DC

Water supply ban on industries lifted by DK DC

Mangalore Today News Network

Mangaluru, May 27, 2016: An order issued on May 26, Thursday, from DK DC Adoor B. Ibrahim states that in view of several parts of Dakshina Kannada receiving rain, normality in drinking water supply to the city was being restored. Industries can now lift water from the Netravathi. This withdraws the order that the water ban will be in force till May 31.

MRPL,  Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals Ltd. and Mangalore Special Economic Zone Ltd. can lift water from AMR Power Pvt. Ltd. dam built across the Netravathi at Shambhoor in Bantwal taluk.

MCC officials say that if MRPL lifted six million gallons a day (MGD), industries under SEZ Ltd. lifted eight MGD from the Shambhoor dam, there is danger of a shortfall. According to the order, industries elsewhere in the district could also lift water from dams for industrial purpose.

It said that the water-level at the Thumbe vented dam, supplying drinking water to the city and some industries, which is in the downstream of the Shambhoor dam, was going up as inflow was picking up.

When the order was issued, the water-level at the Thumbe dam stood at 8.11 ft against the maximum level of 13 ft. (According to a corporation official, the water-level rose to 9 ft in the evening.)  The order said that it has been estimated that the storage at Thumbe would be enough for 15 days supply to the city.

The India Meteorological Department has estimated that monsoon would arrive after first week of June.  If urea production at Mangalore Chemicals and Fertilizers Ltd. is suspended for some more days, it might affect fertilizer supply for kharif crops. Hence, it was decided to withdraw all earlier orders.   MCF Ltd. Director K. Prabhakar Rao went on record on Wednesday stating that the company stopped urea production since May 7, as it was not getting two MGD water from the corporation.