BJP corporators met civic administration, on Wednesday, to discuss
water management for city till the next monsoon. Of the 26 BJP
corporators, 15 were present for the meeting.

“The civic
administration informed us that there is adequate water available to
meet the city’s requirement till the next monsoon. However, there will
be no additional water for the city during the summer season,” said
Kulkarni.

The corporator said that according to the figures
given by civic administration, the city will get nearly 1.25 TMC water
per month till July. More than 12 TMC water is available in the four
dams — Khadakwasla, Varasgaon, Temghar and Panshet — which provide
water to the city.

A senior official from the water supply department confirmed the development, requesting anonymity.

She said that party corporators also raised ward level water issues
such as laying of water pipelines in their areas, providing water at
convenient time and disconnection of illegal water lines.

“It
was also decided that the civic administration will undertake a
programme to install rainwater harvesting systems on its premises. A
five-year plan will be designed for this purpose. All the ward offices,
PMC schools and other PMC offices will be equipped with rainwater
harvesting systems in the next five years,” she said.

The PMC
has planned a ward-level water management system to address the problems
in water supply. A series of meetings with all political parties have
been scheduled to discuss the matter. The first meeting was held at the
PMC office, on Friday with Maharashtra Navnirman Sena party. The second meeting in the series was conducted, on Wednesday, with BJP.

The corproators across all party have raised issues related to water
supply in their wards such as water supply at low pressure, leakage and
damaged water taps.

From March 2012, the city was getting 1,000
million litres per day (MLD) water and was facing 20% water cuts. The
water supply rose to 1,100 MLD, after the monsoon and water cuts were
reduced from 20% to 10%.

Currently, the PMC is able to provide water once a day. However, it cannot resume twice-a-day water supply.