Of the 36 Shuddha drinking water units in the district, many were found to be defunct during inspection.
Zilla Panchayat member Janardhan Gowda, who heads the committee, said some of the 36 units were in a deplorable state.
“Some units continue to face technical problems and the local gram panchayat officers have no information about the units.
There is no proper road access to such units.
Also, the committee members found the units unhygienic.
There is lack of coordination among the officers of the KRIDL (Karnataka Rural Infrastructure Development Limited) and the gram panchayats,” he listed out.
As the contractor failed to maintain the units, the contract was suspended.
The estimate for the pending work is being prepared by officials, he added.
An officer of KRIDL clarified that of the 102 drinking water units, 57 had been commissioned and work on the other 45 units was in progress.
“Each gram panchayat can take up the work on its Shuddha drinking water unit by utilising funds from MGNREGS and the 14th Finance Commission,” said the officer.