Bangalore: Just two days and 4,000 calls; the water crisis in the districts is severe, going by the distress calls flooding the state government’s toll-free number from Monday.
Experts say the state’s reservoirs have depleted, while 93% of lakes and tanks have dried up. The nearly empty reservoirs signal a grave situation not only for drinking water and irrigation, but also for power generation. About 60% of the state’s energy generation is from hydel sources. Experts say the groundwater situation is poor due to inadequate rainfall in the past three years.