Mangalore: DC Ibrahim has requested on June 26 all the local associations in rural and urban areas to inform district administration if they come across open borewells.
There are 679 borewells in the the city area and 5926 in gram panchayath areas. In total there are 6605 borewells. Out of these, 521 in the city and 4896 wells in the rural area have been used. Nearly 1188 borewells are unused because of lack of water. So district administration has taken necesary steps to close all the unused borewells by fixing casing pipe and cap. The administration had given time limit till June 24.
All the concerned persons submitted their report to the district administration.
Public can complain to the DC if still there are unclosed borewells. Telephone number 0824-2220593.