Summary:
These are mostly drawing water from tube-wells (groundwater) and from Aishbagh waterworks (surface water).What's worse, the tankers draw water 2-3 times to be able to make several rounds in a day. LMC has announced a special roster to sprinkle water between 9-11pm. While the LMC has deployed three tankers with capacity ranging from 5,000 to 9,000 litre to sprinkle water, Jal Sansthan has put five tankers of 4,500 litre each on the job. Water is even being drawn from those localities which are worst-hit by the depleting groundwater level, like Aliganj and Alambagh.The alarming rise in pollution made the departments take a collective call to deploy tankers and sprinkle water around the city. While LMRC has been sprinkling water on its construction site, fire police has put to use six tankers.LMC in charge said, "There is no other way to clear the smog..