Belagavi: The prevailing water crisis has affected normal life in Belagavi city, with educational institutions planning to move to online classes, hospitals postponing minor surgeries and industries reducing working hours.
St. Paul’s English Medium School, one of the prestigious educational institutions in North Karnataka, has decided to go online mode from Monday due to water scarcity. St Paul’s School comes under Belagavi Cantonment Board (BCB), where the water crisis has reached its peak. The school, which has a capacity of 2,200 students, had on Friday announced plans for online classes from Saturday and later postponed it till Monday as parents. One of the students has supplied two tankers of water. If the city is not found then some more schools will move to online classes Rain in a day or two.
The school’s principal, Father Savio Abreu, said the campus has an open well and a borewell, which has completely dried up, following which it was decided to go online. “Water supplied by parents on Friday was used on Saturday and if we do not get water by Sunday night, we will move to online classes from Monday,” he said.
Father Sebastian Pereira, Vice Principal of the school said that apart from toilets and washrooms, providing safe drinking water to the students is the prime responsibility of the school.
The Rakaskop reservoir, one of the primary sources of water for Belagavi city, has just half a foot of mud water. Water is being supplied through tankers in the rural areas by the district administration. If there is no rain in the city within a week, the situation will turn from bad to worse.
Many private hospitals that have bought water have postponed minor surgeries and are treating only emergency cases. As water sources have dried up, many government district hospitals are already following suit.
The 1,000-bed district hospital in Belagavi, which is attached to the Belagavi Institute of Medical Sciences (BIMS), plans to buy water from private water vendors. Since the cost was not affordable, the institute, which has a medical college, planned to send hostel students to their native places so that it could use the water available for the admitted patients.
BIMS Director Dr. Ashoka Shetty said there is no option but to supply water to hospitalized patients, mainly the maternity wards.
Industries in Belagavi have also reduced the number of working shifts due to water scarcity, affecting the economic sector. Former President of Belgaum Chamber of Commerce and Industries Development Kalghatgi said many industries have closed and some are reducing working hours.
Municipal Commissioner Rudresh Ghali said: “We are responding to serious problems. The municipal corporation has proposed cleaning and recharging wells to get water.
St. Paul’s English Medium School, one of the prestigious educational institutions in North Karnataka, has decided to go online mode from Monday due to water scarcity. St Paul’s School comes under Belagavi Cantonment Board (BCB), where the water crisis has reached its peak. The school, which has a capacity of 2,200 students, had on Friday announced plans for online classes from Saturday and later postponed it till Monday as parents. One of the students has supplied two tankers of water. If the city is not found then some more schools will move to online classes Rain in a day or two.
The school’s principal, Father Savio Abreu, said the campus has an open well and a borewell, which has completely dried up, following which it was decided to go online. “Water supplied by parents on Friday was used on Saturday and if we do not get water by Sunday night, we will move to online classes from Monday,” he said.
Father Sebastian Pereira, Vice Principal of the school said that apart from toilets and washrooms, providing safe drinking water to the students is the prime responsibility of the school.
The Rakaskop reservoir, one of the primary sources of water for Belagavi city, has just half a foot of mud water. Water is being supplied through tankers in the rural areas by the district administration. If there is no rain in the city within a week, the situation will turn from bad to worse.
Many private hospitals that have bought water have postponed minor surgeries and are treating only emergency cases. As water sources have dried up, many government district hospitals are already following suit.
The 1,000-bed district hospital in Belagavi, which is attached to the Belagavi Institute of Medical Sciences (BIMS), plans to buy water from private water vendors. Since the cost was not affordable, the institute, which has a medical college, planned to send hostel students to their native places so that it could use the water available for the admitted patients.
BIMS Director Dr. Ashoka Shetty said there is no option but to supply water to hospitalized patients, mainly the maternity wards.
Industries in Belagavi have also reduced the number of working shifts due to water scarcity, affecting the economic sector. Former President of Belgaum Chamber of Commerce and Industries Development Kalghatgi said many industries have closed and some are reducing working hours.
Municipal Commissioner Rudresh Ghali said: “We are responding to serious problems. The municipal corporation has proposed cleaning and recharging wells to get water.