To detect water leakage in individual houses and in water distribution pipelines new acoustic sensors near water meters, the first such initiative in the country
The Rs 10-million project for monitoring hidden leaks inside pipelines is being funded by an independent institution of the Japanese government, Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA).
While the water leakage in Bengaluru is pegged at a high of 48 per cent, the leakage in a city like Tokyo is just 5 per cent while the figure is 10 per cent in the whole of Japan.