BWSB bars residents from using underground water, Kaveri River water for Holi celebrations
The Bengaluru Water Supply Board has issued a directive urging city residents to refrain from using Kaveri River water or water from borewells for commercial events such as rain dance or pool parties during the Holi festival. However, the board clarified that there are no restrictions on celebrating Holi within the confines of one's home.
Highlighting the declining groundwater levels in the city due to insufficient rainfall, D V Ram Prasad, the President of the Board, emphasized the importance of collective cooperation to address Bengaluru's water scarcity issues. He noted that many borewells have already dried up, underscoring the need for prudent water usage.
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Prasad clarified that the board does not intend to prohibit traditional Holi celebrations. However, the organization of commercial events like rain dances and pool parties using water from borewells or the Kaveri River is discouraged. He stressed that if such events are organized, they must strictly avoid utilizing borewell water or water from the Kaveri River.
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Pakistan reports two more polio cases; Total tally now 52
ISLAMABAD: At least two more cases of poliovirus were reported in Pakistan, taking the number of infections to 52 so far this year, a report said on Friday.
“The Regional Reference Laboratory for Polio Eradication at the National Institute of Health has confirmed the detection of two more wild poliovirus type 1 (WPV1) cases in Pakistan," an official statement said.
The fresh infections — a boy and a girl — were reported from the Dera Ismail Khan district of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province.
“Genetic sequencing of the samples collected from the children is underway," the statement read. Dera Ismail Khan, one of the seven polio-endemic districts of southern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, has reported five polio cases so far this year.
Of the 52 cases in the country this year, 24 are from Balochistan, 13 from Sindh, 13 from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, and one each from Punjab and Islamabad.
There is no cure for polio. Only multiple doses of the oral polio vaccine and completion of the routine vaccination schedule for all children under the age of five can keep them protected.
