Bengaluru: Residents of apartment complexes on Sajjan Rao Road in VV Puram have been getting water contaminated with E.Coli — a bacteria considered dangerous for human consumption — for the past eight months.
The water is not only toxic but also possesses a repulsive odour.
According to residents, sewage water has been leaking from pipes and mixing with clean borewell water, resulting in contamination.
Left with no choice, inhabitants have to shell out roughly 30,000 per month to purchase tanker water and drinking water.
E.Coli is commonly found in animal and human excreta.
Sanjay Oswal, a businessman who has been living in Perfecta Classica Apartments for three years, said the contamination started when authorities started digging a borewell right beside the main road, less than 50ft from his residence.
While doing so, they damaged the pipes carrying sewage water, causing them to leak.
While the borewell has since been closed and is not in use, sewage water overflowing from the old drains is contaminating the water source for borewells in the area.
This is resulting in the contamination of borewell water.
Uttam Chand Jain, a resident of Parshwa Apartments down the road, said, “BBMP does not clean the drains regularly.