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Bengaluru's 15 million people need at least two billion litres of water every day - more than 70% of this comes from the Cauvery river.

Some villages on the city's periphery, adjoining the IT hub of Mahadevapura, have been receiving water every day from the Cauvery, the result of a government decision some years ago to divert additional water from the river.

The fifth phase of the project to supply the city with water from the Cauvery river is scheduled to be completed by May and is expected to ease the problems faced by people living on the outskirts.

Tushar Girinath, a former chairman of the board, says that phase five of the Cauvery project was expected to meet the city's water needs until 2035-40.

Top officials say Bengaluru's population growth has surpassed all projections made during the commissioning of the various stages of the Cauvery water project.