Kerala Water Authority, Kochi Corporation officials discuss ways to tackle water crisis

The Kochi Corporation and Kerala Water Authority officials had a meeting to discuss ways to solve the problem of water crisis in the city. A meeting will be held in fifteen days to review the situation.

Kochi has been facing a severe drinking water crisis for quite some time now. In the backdrop of the serious crisis of drinking water in many parts of the city, especially West Kochi areas, the city corporation officials chaired a meeting with Kerala Water Authority (KWA) officials to discuss the issue.

A few days back, a few councillors protested outside the office of KWA asking them to take immediate steps to resolve the water crisis in the city. The residents of Kochi had to face a hard time owing to the water crisis, the New Indian Express (TNIE) reported. One of the councillors said that the city requires around 500 million litres per day (MLD) but the total supply is less than 400 MLD. He further alleged that the KWA officials had been promising to find a permanent solution to the water crisis for several years.