Bulk Flow Meters Fixed to Main Pipeline at Padil, Ramalkatte to Supply Drinking Water to Mangalore

The Karnataka Urban Infrastructure Development and Finance Corporation (KUIDFC) has fixed bulk flow meters to the main water pipeline supplying water to Mangalire at Ramalkatte (near Thumbe) and at Padil.

The corporation had stopped water supply to Padil, Maroli, Kankanady, Mangaladevi, Jeppu, Falnir, Mulihitlu, Bolara, Car Street, Mannagudda, Pandeshwara, Shakthi Nagara, Kannur, Bajal, Jeppinamogaru, Attavara, Alape, Chilimbi, Kodical, Ashoknagara, Urwa Stores, Kudupu, Bondel, Kavoor and Marakada for installing the bulk flow meters at two places. Pumping of water from Thumbe vented dam, was stopped for 24 hours from 6 a.m. on Tuesday. The areas to which drinking water supply had been stopped will get normal supply from Thursday, he said.

The flow meters have been fixed to assess the quantity of water being pumped to the city from Thumbe vented dam and the water received at the underground reservoir of the corporation at Padil. The flow meter fixed at Thumbe in 2009 was out of order since a few years. The flow meter which existed at Padil did not have the prescribed standard. The agency which fixed the meters will have to maintain them for eight years. The meters will have to be energised to become operational.