Bengaluru: A special team consisting of officers has been constituted to prevent digging of illegal borewells in Bangalore Urban district, Minor Irrigation Minister N S Bose Raju said here on Thursday.
In a press release, Bose Raju said that it has become imperative to stop digging of illegal borewells especially in Bangalore Urban district in order to stop depletion of groundwater table.
“It is true that of late permission is not being obtained to dig borewell in Bangalore Urban district. We need to stop this as there have been complaints. I have instructed the Directorate of Groundwater to look into the matter,” Bose Raju explained.
The special team has been told to conduct random checks of the borewells in a surprise raids. Have also instructed the Chief Engineer of BWSSB to instruct officials to check.
As per the Minister’s directions, the special team has been constituted under the leadership of G Jayanna, Deputy Director of the Directorate of Groundwater and senior geologist H M Nagaraj.