CHANDIGARH: The Chandigarh municipal corporation doesn't have any satellite or computerized mapping of water and sewerage pipelines throughout the city. The trend of working is that whenever problem emerges, the authority has to dig up to trace the problem.

The councillors during the monthly house meeting on Tuesday alleged that in many areas of the city, sewerage water and drinking water is getting mixed and the same is being supplied to the residents.

Former mayor and municipal councillor Harjinder Kaur said, "The paver blocks are being removed, concrete areas are being broken to find out leakages. Had the civic body mapped pipelines, the leakages would have been properly managed."

 

Almost all members expressed their concern over supply of contaminated water. Municipal councillor Subash Chawla said this year, the problem has increased.

 

During discussion, municipal commissioner also highlighted that the situation has gone worse, as residents have encroached upon the land and made construction over the land where underground water and sewerage pipelines pass. He sought political consensus over the issue and said, "We are going to serve notices and these constructions need to go to solve the problem of leakages."