Mysore/Mysuru, May 14 -- Complaints of foul-smelling water, drinking water crisis raised at MGP meeting

Private Drinking Water Purification Plants can no longer be set up without mandatory approval from local authorities, clarified Vani Vilas Water Works (VVWW) Assistant Executive Engineer (East) S.L. Ravikumar.

He was speaking during a public interaction organised by the Mysore Grahakara Parishat (MGP) at its office on Vivekananda Road in Yadavagiri on Sunday evening. The monthly meeting focused on the shortage of drinking water facilities in apartments and layouts across the city and its outskirts.

During the discussion, participants expressed concern over several privately operated water purification units in and around Mysuru alleg...