The water-starved Manasagangotri campus in Mysuru is expected to get Cauvery water, as the University of Mysore (UoM) is bearing the expenditure, that runs into a few crores of rupees, to make this happen. The campus faces a scarcity during summer and relies on water tankers for cater to the needs of hostels, departments and other facilities.
With a new project of drawing water from the KRS backwaters under way, the university has entered into a kind of agreement with the authorities concerned to lay a separate pipeline to the campus. Once the project becomes a reality, Manasagangotri campus will get about 2 mld of Cauvery water daily.
Vice-chancellor G. Hemantha Kumar told The Hindu that the campus is dependent on 17 borewells for water supply to the campus, and also to the quarters adjoining the campus. Of these only eight borewells are yielding water now, and water becomes scarce during summer.
