The Times of India                29.05.2013 

Surat residents heave a sigh of relief as water supply restored

SURAT: Residents in the walled city areas have heaved a sigh of relief following the restoration of the water pipeline punctured during the digging exercise by the bridge contractor of the Surat Municipal Corporation (SMC).

From the past two weeks, the residents in Chowk Bazaar, Mughalsarai, Bhagal, Mahidhapura, Hodi Bungalow, Sagrampura, etc were facing water shortage due to the leakage in the underground water line during the ongoing construction work of the Katargam fly-over bridge.

However, the civic officials had blamed the Gujarat Gas Company Limited (GGCL) for puncturing the underground water lines during the laying of the PNG network in the area. But, investigations led to the fact that the underground water lines were actually damaged by the bridge contractor.

A senior civic officer said, "The hydraulic department had taken up the immediate repairs of the water line punctured during the digging exercise and that it is completely restored."

GGCL sources said the water pipeline damage location is about 1 kilometer away from the GGCL site and that it was damaged by SMC contractor while doing piling work for the bridge near Hanuman Mandir in Katargam.