Cases / Oil spill · India · 2024
Bengaluru tanker prices jumped in a month; government capped them
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In March 2024 the price of a water tanker in Bengaluru rose from 450–600 rupees to 1,200–2,000 rupees within a month, and the government capped tanker prices, Deccan Herald reported. The sources reviewed do not say how the shortage affected the city's lakes or groundwater.
What?
Water tanker prices in Bengaluru rose within a month during a water crisis, and the state government capped them Deccan Herald
Where?
Bengaluru, Karnataka, India Deccan Herald
When?
March 2024 Deccan Herald
Who?
Gained
- Tanker sellers — tanker prices rose to 1,200–2,000 rupees from 450–600 rupees within a month Deccan Herald
Lost
- Bengaluru residents who buy tanker water — paid the higher prices until the government set a cap Deccan Herald
Harmed
None on recordWhy?
Not stated in the sources reviewed.
How?
A shortage of municipal water, with tanker prices set by sellers until the state set a ceiling Deccan Herald
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What happened
The record, in order.
Deccan Herald reported that tanker prices in Bengaluru rose from 450–600 rupees to 1,200–2,000 rupees within a month.
The Karnataka government then set a ceiling on water tanker prices in the city, according to the same report.
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What we don't know
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Nature
- Not measured Harm to nature: The record holds no measurement of harm to nature.
Record
- None on record The sources reviewed do not name the tanker companies, the level of the cap, or whether the cap was enforced.
- None on record The sources reviewed give no tanker volumes and no count of households affected.
- None on record Effects on the city's lakes, groundwater or other nature are not stated in the sources reviewed.
Did the harm stop?
Not stated in the sources reviewed.
Who paid?
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Sources
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Press and investigations
- Bengaluru water crisis: government caps water tanker pricesDeccan Herald · 2024-03
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- Government of Karnataka (Government) — here: set the tanker price cap; there: opposed the proposal