In addition to putting out fires all over the city in the past few days, the Karnataka State Fire and Emergency Services have started a new initiative quenching the public's thirst, quite literally.
In addition to putting out fires all over the city in the past few days, the Karnataka State Fire and Emergency Services have started a new initiative quenching the public's thirst, quite literally.
It's been a month since the High Grounds fire station and control room located at Seshadri Road started supplying free drinking water to BMTC, Vayu Vajra and tourist buses that pass by the fire station everyday.
The initiative was started by Fire Chief Officer (West) N V Erappa.
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| A BMTC bus driver takes a bottle of water provided by High Grounds fire station and control room |
"We decided to start this social service for them, available 24x7. Buses stop here at all hours and we estimate that about 500 litres of water is consumed by them everyday," he said.
Shantappa Yelawantagiri, a Vayu Vajra bus driver who had stopped to collect two bottles of water said, "I come here everyday and collect water from here because the water is clean."
Another BMTC driver Dharminder Singh said, "If I buy a bottle of water from a store, I'll be spending a lot of money everyday, which I can't afford.
Sometimes, if passengers ask for water, we give it to them as well."
There is no limit on the number of bottles that a driver or conductor can take in a day. Erappa added, "The filtered Cauvery water is provided by the corporation, we don't actually spend anything."
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He concluded, "This service is only available at our station."
