MCC to supply Cauvery water to UOM.
Mysuru, July 12:- Post graduate hostels of University of Mysore (UoM) will get Cauvery water supply from Mysore City Corporation (MCC).
The varsity was depending on borewells for its water needs and had not taken the water connection from the Mysore City Corporation (MCC).
Faced with water scarcity, it had approached the MCC for water connection.
Chief Minister Siddaramaiah too had directed the civic body to extend the facility to the students.
There are 19 hostels run by the UoM including undergraduate hostels, three for men and three for women, rest are for undergraduate students.
Last month, when students belonging to PG Hostel at Manasagangotri campus, complained of water problems, Dayanand Mane, acting Vice Chancellor, himself visited the hostels and promised to solve their long-pending problems.
As a temporary arrangement, VC provided mineral water through cans.
After the issue was brought to the notice of the Chief Minister, he called upon the authorities to provide Cauvery water to all the hostels.
UoM dean Rudraiah said, “Every year during summer most of the hostels face water inconvenience.