As many as 315 villages in drought-affected Kalaburagi district are likely to face drinking water scarcity during the peak of summer and considerable efforts are being made to address the problem and face the other challenges in the drought-hit taluks, Zilla Panchayat Chief Executive Officer Bhanwar Singh Meena has said.
Addressing a press conference here on Wednesday, he said that of the 315 villages that may face drinking water shortage in the next three months, 86 are in Aland taluk, 40 in Kalaburagi taluk, 28 in Sedam, 23 in Kamalapur, 16 in Kalgi taluk, 14 each in Chincholi and Chittapur taluks, five each in Jewargi and Shahabad taluks and four villages are in Yaddrami taluk.
As of now, only 29 villages, 11 each in Afzalpur and Aland taluks and seven villages in Kamalapur taluk, are facing severe scarcity and water is being supplied to these villages through tankers from the local water sources (open wells), he said.
