Digging as part of Irwin Road works exposes underground pipes illegally laid to supply water to areas on either side of the road.
Mysore/Mysuru: Leakage and pilferage apart, the Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) has been struggling to regularise unauthorised water connections in city. At almost every MCC Council meeting, the issue of illegal water connection crops up where stringent action is sought against violators but nothing is done on the ground. As such, the illegality has thrived over the years, uninterrupted, burning a hole in MCC’s coffers.
