Borewells go dry, calls for tankers shoot up

Indore | Saturday | 14th April, 2018

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72 of these water tankers are of IMC while remaining 103 are private tankers. We are providing supply through water tankers, and if required rounds of tankers for these areas will also be increased," said Balram Verma , head of IMC's water works department. Around 40 per cent of Indore's water supply depends on borewells, which are drying up one after another with depletion in ground water level.The number of calls by residents for water tankers at IMC's control room is gradually increasing. INDORE: It's only the start of summer and several localities of the city have started facing water shortage as borewells in these wards have already dried up. Some of localities in the outskirts have been exposed to water crisis..