With temperature soaring, residents of several villages in Belagavi district are suffering from severe water scarcity. The district administration has decided to provide drinking water to villages and hamlets through tankers.
At a District Disaster Management Authority meeting here on Tuesday, senior officers directed taluk and village level officials to initiate several measures to ensure water conservation and water supply.
Deputy Commissioner Nitesh Patil asked officers to ensure that farmers or others are not drawing water from the riverbed in an unauthorised manner. He asked them to inspect riverbeds and seize pumpsets that are in use against the rules.
