Karwar: Ind Navy base face acute water crisis, brings supply from Mumbai

New Delhi: The Indian Navy's most modern base, INS Kadamba, in Karnataka's Karwar has been reeling under an acute water crisis. Considered one of the most modern naval bases in the country, it houses warships, submarines and the country's lone aircraft carrier INS Vikramaditya.

According to officials, the Gangavali river in Ankola Taluk which supplies clean water to the area has dried up due to lack of pre-monsoon rainfall and, therefore, the crisis.

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'The condition is expected to improve with the first spell of rains,' said a Navy official, when asked about this unique situation.

While the base requires nearly 6 million litres per day (MLD) for the maintenance of its ships, the crew on board, other personnel and their families staying in the base, it has been receiving less than 1 MLD of water.

The situation has been so dire that the Navy had to bring water from Mumbai early this week through its fleet taker INS Deepak Naval base sources said that thousands of litres of water has now been kept in storage facilities at the base.

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The situation has been so severe that the Karnataka Urban Water Supply and Drainage Board had also deployed earth movers to dig small canals running up to 5 kilometres in the Gangavali river bed in order to drain water from its pits.