According to P B Ramamurthy, Chairman, BWSSB, the new water pipelines are being laid as part of the Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Project II, Cauvery Water Supply Scheme - Stage IV Phase II (CWSS) to supply an additional 500 million litres a day (MLD) of water to all new BBMP areas that were not covered before.

This scheme will cover the satellite towns of Byatarayanapura, Bommanahalli, Rajarajeswari Nagar, Yelahanka, Dasarahalli, Krishnarajapuram and Kengeri. With this scheme, 20 percent of the water supply to these newly added areas will be Cauvery water while the rest of it will be from borewells.

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