The city’s increasing water scarcity may force some Bengaluru schools to temporarily close. Temperatures in the capital of Karnataka have already surpassed 30 degrees Celsius; Thursday’s high was 33 degrees, and by next weekend, it is predicted that the mercury will reach 37 degrees. These schools claim that because of the lack of water, they are unable to provide children with any protection from the intense heat.
The city’s daily water requirement, which is between 2,600 and 2,800 MLD, is severely short by more than 1,500 MLD, or million litres per day. The state government reports that 223 of the 236 talukas in the state are affected by the drought and that more than 3,000 bore wells in the city have dried up.

The severity of the situation is preventing even residents or schools willing to pay for water tankers from having enough supplies. Concerned residents have already started taking action to recycle or conserve water.
Previously referred to as a “city of lakes,” Bengaluru boasted 285 small and large bodies of water that provided essential functions like replenishing and preserving groundwater, housing aquatic ecosystems, and supporting agriculture and food production.

The severe water crisis is forcing the authorities to take emergency action. These actions include assuming control of all commercial and irrigation borewells and requiring each private water tanker operating in the city to be registered.
To standardize rates and try to at least lessen the severity of the crisis, the state has taken over private water tankers, of which over 200 have already been deployed on a contract basis.

Residents have been complaining that private suppliers are taking advantage of them and extorting money in the face of hardship, as the cost of water tankers has increased to over ₹ 2,000 in recent days.