A newly laid pipeline broke and sent huge jets of water 40ft into the air along the Davanagere- Harihara road in Karnataka, India on June 25.

Nearby traffic was affected until workers from the irrigation department managed to turn off the water.

The pipeline was carrying water from Tungabhadra river to fill 22 tanks in nearby villages.

burst water pipeline firing huge jets of drinking water many feet into the air.

A newly laid pipeline broke and sent water jetting to a height of forty feet wasting hundreds of thousands of litres of the precious liquid.

The pipeline, which was flagged off just five days earlier, broke on the Davanagere- Harihara road in Karnataka, India, due to poor quality of work.

Huge amounts of water made a spectacular fountain which even affected traffic on the road for sometime.

Irrigation department staff turned off the water and plugged leak after getting the information. The pipeline was carrying water from Tunga Bhadra river to fill 22 tanks in nearby villages.