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Excerpts from DNA report: “I have allowed JUSCO to continue laying pipe and creation of infrastructure for water distribution network” Gowda said.

Excerpts from ToI report: "I've directed the officials to handle water supply by a taskforce. This will be in place for two months," he said.The move comes ahead of MCC's assertion that the water crisis will ease by mid-April when the 12 overhead tanks will be charged.

From the above, it appears to be more of a crisis management arrangement, than a discontinuation of the contract with JUSCO, as is sought to be made out here, and as various vested interest groups have been furiously working towards from day one, which becomes clear from a reading of this post.

Now, it is not as if the KRS dam suddenly came into existence some 14 km from Mysore. It has been there for over a century now. And, the water supply problem didn't start after JUSCO came into the picture. JUSCO came into the picture precisely because the government-owned Vani Vilas Water Works (VVWW), which was handling the supply all these years, was found lacking in capacity (keeping aside the matter of corruption, for now). Now, with all the vested interests joining forces to throw out JUSCO, it will go back to VVWW, making the vested interests happy. But, will it solve Mysore's problems? Hardly.

Not just water supply, but even other key infrastructure areas like public bus transport services, power supply etc are even today in the 19th century mode in the country, even as most other services involving the private sector have moved towards becoming world-class; likewise with products, compared to those made in the PSU's and the so-called ordinance factories.

As such, whereas these areas should normally have provided the venues for rapid growth of the economy, but because of the monopolistic hold of the PSU's, perpetuated by the vested interests, the status quo remains, leaving the country and its citizens (particularly the aam aadmi) to pay a huge price.
 

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Vested interest is also private players. Somehow some private players good and efficient, usually big companies, others smaller players are bad, how is that?

Private players can't function under some restrictive conditions.  These conditions are present in water supply and transportation etc. which can't just be wished away. They are necessary for equitable distribution. I suppose the capitalism was a success in West because they had so much resources to waste (at least condition).

Many services were provided by the PSUs, and privatization has not been tested, so can ve assume all problems will be solved by privatization?  There has to be a sense of duty in government officers, that is how the army works I suppose. That is enough to provide essential services.

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I was their in Hubli recently and surprised to see 24 x 7 water supply in few wards where so called elite reside ( including my relative )

When their is so much draught  exists in North  Karnataka & even Mysore region,  water has become scare every where,  I was surpised to see 24 x 7 supply and residents have no concern on saving water in these few wards where Pvt fellow is supplying.

Their are hardly few sources of water for twin cities Hubli -Dharwad & most part of the  twin city is having water  poblem  as source of water is on dry.

If this type of 24 / 7 concept of water supply is rolled,  imagine, what will happen during failure of rain.  Now Complet Bangalore is suffering and  ground water level is going down as mis-use of water. 

With all leakage & corruption,  we can not sustain 24 x 7 supply  which will make all of us addicted to mis-use of water in the long run and in the  name of Privatisation as even though we can afford to pay for high  rate.

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The city of Mysore has seen an outbreak of Cholera with 34 cases under the JUSCO 's watch. This is a screw up on the unblemished past of Msyore.  Pl remember when was the last time Mysore had cholera? not under VVWW's watch. It has not happened earlier because the VVWW cared for the peoples public health. BUT NOT the INEXPERIENCED JUSCO they have no idea

The Public cant let JUSCO go scot free after being forced to pay so much through the nose just because they have paid off the officials etc So let them do the pipe laying etc and pack their bags at the end

Downright Incompetence cannot be babied.

monopoly or not elected reps need to be in charge and not misinformed officials who tend to create a mess for the aspiring dreams of the elite.

To think of basic needs as key infrastructure is a mistake and being misled is the absolute prerogative of the elite.

Basic needs cannot be there for the econmic growth but for human development 

The huge price paid by aam aadmi is because of the above approach to making profits from every last human development resource.

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@ Sanjeev  -  Good to read a first hand report about water supply in Hubli-Dharwar.

Now, 24 X 7 supply can continue only as long as water is available at the source (reservoir). And, the drawal from the source, I am sure, is still in the control of the government agencies, and that's how it should be. When the water falls below a certain level, in summer months, the supply will have to be regulated.

The major difference with the pressurised system is that you can avoid the individual sumps and overhead tanks, since, even when regulated, there will be a definite pattern. Of course, all that depends on how much accountability has been built into the contract arrangement.
 

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