Water supply to Mangaluru city will resume today: MCC

Team Udayavani, Nov 5, 2021, 8:16 AM IST

Source: Twitter / @mangalurucorp

Mangaluru: Water supply to the city that was stopped due to a leak in a huge underground pipe will be resumed from today, said Mangaluru City Corporation on November 5.

Announcing the news on twitter, the official handle of MCC said “With a team of skilled workers, the leakage has been attended and the pipe has been restored.”

“The pumping has started in Thumbe around 12 am last night and the water supply should be back to normal today,” the tweet read.

ಗುರುವಾರ ರಾತ್ರಿ, ನುರಿತ ಕಾರ್ಮಿಕರು ತುಂಬೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ಸೋರಿಕೆಯಾಗುತ್ತಿದ್ದ ನೀರಿನ ಪೈಪ್‌ಲೈನ್‌ನನ್ನು ಸರಿಪಡಿಸಿದ್ದಾರೆ. ಇಂದು ಮಂಗಳೂರಿಗೆ ನಿಯಮಿತವಾಗಿ ನೀರು ಸರಬರಾಜು ಪುನರಾರಂಭವಾಗಲಿದೆ pic.twitter.com/RKPrLoRC8X

— ಮಂಗಳೂರು ಮಹಾನಗರ ಪಾಲಿಕೆ | Mangaluru City Corporation (@mangalurucorp) November 5, 2021

On November 3, the city corporation told its residents that leakage had been detected in the main supply pipe near Adyar Katte. The Thumbe pumping station had to be shut down for the repair work.

“Pipeline supplying water from Thumbe to Mangaluru city has been damaged near Adyar Katte.” it said in a tweet.

Pipeline supplying water from Thumbe to Mangaluru city has been damaged near Adyar Katte. Mangaluru City Corporation will begin repair work later tonight which needs a shutdown at Thumbe for the work to be carried on. pic.twitter.com/spqlHqD5CH

— ಮಂಗಳೂರು ಮಹಾನಗರ ಪಾಲಿಕೆ | Mangaluru City Corporation (@mangalurucorp) November 3, 2021