Hello,

Our borewell is sited at Cox Town, Bangalore with a depth of 215 ft and was dug around ten years ago. The well was being used for residential purposes and was a trouble free source of potable water till a month ago.

Of late the water is muddy, with thick layers of clayey soil being deposited at the bottom of our overhead tanks.

Roughly around the same time our water turned muddy, our opposite neighbours had dug a borewell to commence construction. The drilling had to be aborted within a couple of hours due to a huge grating sound ( apparently due to the use of high pressure air compressor) and damage to several houses nearby. There was a crack right across the road, damage to the BWSSB pipes beneath the road, cracks in several of the buildings around, and  some resettling of soil as door, gate, window alignments were disturbed. Just to the right of our borewell, the compound wall had totally crumbled and was rebuilt.


I would like to know whether the digging of the neighbour's borewell could have caused the disturbance to our water source and whether they could be held responsible along with all the other damage caused by them?

Secondly,several borewell specialists have been consulted and opinions differ. We have had suggestions ranging from flushing out the borewell, to allowing the water to run to the garden until it becomes clear to converting the borewell into a tube well by inserting a slotted casing with gravel packing, scanning the borewell and even pouring some chemicals in to clear the water.

We are confused by the options and would like to seek the help of the forum to deduce the right course of action.

Advice regarding the costs involved in remedying the situation would be welcome!

Thanking you,
Shalini Nair