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The petitioner claimed that storing treated water from STPs in irrigation tanks will increase chemical content in the groundwater. more-inThe Karnataka High Court on Monday ordered issue of notice to the State government on a PIL petition, which has sought directions to halt the project of supplying treated water from the Sewerage Treatment Plants (STPs) in Bengaluru to minor irrigation tanks in Kolar, Chikkaballapura and Bengaluru Rural districts till a scientific study is carried out. A division bench comprising Chief Justice Dinesh Maheshwari and Justice Krishna S.
Dixit passed the order on a petition filed by R.
Anjaneya Reddy, a resident of Chikkaballapura. He pointed out that existing groundwater in these district already contains harmful substances like fluoride, nitrate,etc. “Supplying reclaimed water from the STPs of Bengaluru, which contain a large amount of industrial effluents, heavy metals and harmful chemicals, to minor irrigation tanks in Kolar, Chikkaballapura, and Bengaluru Rural districts will affect the lives of human beings, livestock, aquatic life, and agricultural/farming in these areas,” claims the petitioner..