BENGALURU: Months after the Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board (BWSSB) launched the Sanchari Cauvery programme in August 2025 to help people in the city get tanker water at reasonable prices and safe sources, 60 more tankers are being added to the programme. People can register online and avail of these services.
BWSSB Chairman Ram Prasath Manohar V said, “It was launched to help people living in newly-added 110 villages deal with water shortage. We now have 60 tankers and we will add 60 more tankes.”
Admitting that localities in North and East Bengaluru are water stressed, he said borewells go dry during summer. “There is good Cauvery water supply in South and West zones. We don’t need to focus much on these areas. But in North and East, there are issues every year. We not only provide Sanchari Cauvery water services, but also deploy private water tankers with 5,000-litre water capacity and mini water tankers if the situation requires it.”
Jagadish Reddy, a resident of Varthur, said, “After Sanchari Cauvery was introduced, private tankers cut their prices, which are stable now in Whitefield, Iblur, Panathur, Varthur, Gunjur, Horamavu, Kadugodi and surrounding areas. But we still shell out money hiring tankers as there is a shortage of water. The money spent between February and May is high. If we receive Cauvery water or tap water from BWSSB, these expenses will be reduced.”
Naushad, who is part of a private water tanker association in East Bengaluru, said, “The demand for private water tankers has reduced by nearly 75% because of Cauvery water as well as Sanchari Cauvery services. Now mostly, paying guest accommodations, hostels, apartments and gated communities rely on our services.
I provide tanker services in areas including Marathahalli, Doddanekkundi, Kundanahalli and surrounding areas. If an apartment has around 180 houses, they require 12,000 litres of water which is supplied seven times a day. To smaller private hostels, we supply 18,000 litres of water a day.”