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“Now how will the second stage strengthening project be able to supply water round-the-clock?,” he asked. more-inMany councillors at a special meeting of the Mangaluru City Corporation (MCC) on Thursday expressed doubts over round-the-clock water supply becoming a reality even if the government spent ?390 crore for strengthening the water distribution system in the city. When the project took off in 2003, through the Karnataka Urban Infrastructure Development and Finance Corporation (KUIDFC), it was projected that it would meet the water supply for the next 20 years and the city corporation would be able to provide round-the-clock water supply. Mahabala Marla, former Mayor, wondered how how the annual electricity bill for entire water supply projects could come down from the present ?24 crore to ?22 crore when more overhead tanks are built and it involved pumping of more water. Mr.
Shetty said that there is no clarity on how the operation and maintenance of the infrastrucutre facilities that would be created would be done..