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Bangalore: Forced to bathe in mineral water Sunitha Rao R & Jayashree Nandi , TNN | Mar 20, 2011, 05.07am IST ArticleComments (142)Post a commentEmail this articlePrint this articleSave this articleMy Saved articlesReduce font sizeIncrease font sizeShare on HotklixShare on MessengerShare on StumbleUponShare on Yahoo Buzz!Share on DiggShare on Reditt Google Bookmarks Newsvine Live Bookmarks Technorati Yahoo Bookmarks Blogmarks Del.icio.us ApnaCircle Tags:Suparna Venkatesh|Sarjapur Road|Cleopatra BANGALORE: Legend has it that Cleopatra bathed in donkey's milk to preserve her beauty. Fact is that many Bangaloreans now use mineral water to bathe just because they're supplied hard water, and what's worse it stinks. The water shortage is so grave that residents in hundreds of apartment complexes are not buying mineral water only for drinking, but for bathing and cleaning too. Most apartments don't have Cauvery water connections and are heavily dependent on borewell and tankers. "Tanker water is highly chlorinated and we don't use it for drinking. We buy drinking water separately. We use mineral water for washing hair, as tanker water is not of poor quality. The skin becomes dry if we use it," says Poonam Thapliyal, a resident of Spring Field Apartments on Sarjapur Road. She is not alone. Hundreds of apartments on Outer Ring Road till Marathahalli don't have Cauvery water supply. "The little borewell water we get is so hard we cannot use it even to wash clothes. How can we bathe in it?'' asked Suparna Venkatesh, who lives in a four-storeyed posh apartment complex near Marathahalli. Quite naturally, sales of mineral water have gone up. Families which once bought a 20-litre can of mineral water for drinking and cooking now buy 7-8 cans now. They often shell out around Rs 500 to Rs 1,000 per tanker of 6,000 litres. While many areas in East Bangalore have not got drinking water for 15 days now in areas where there is Cauvery water supply, the shortage has forced apartment residents to bargain with tanker owners. Amit Kumar, a resident of Old Airport road, didn't get Cauvery water for eight days. Now, he pays Rs 850 for a tanker. "It used to be Rs 350, now it's Rs 850 and the tanker owners warned us that it could go up to Rs 1,000. We can't go on like this." | ||
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