JAIPUR: The water rationing will continue till summer. The reduced water supply in the city was planned earlier by the government so as to make water available during peak summer.

Contrary to public perception about water crisis, the PHED said during winter, the per capita daily demand in the city is being met regularly. Devraj Solanki, city circle engineer, PHED, claimed, “During winter, the demand is 120 litre per capita (LPC) daily and we have been almost supplying that amount where as in Summer, it rises to 155 LPC daily. To ensure water supply in summer, we are getting ready from the beginning of the year.”

Chief engineer (city), PHED, M K M Joshi hoped that with normal monsoon next year, water supply would be normal. “We had planned to increase frequency as well as quantity with water from Bisalpur project. If we get maximum recharge of the Bisalpur dam this year, then we can phase out use of underground water and keep it for emergency use,” Joshi said.

Meanwhile, residents from some parts of the city continued complaining about water supply as many said they hardly get a few minutes of supply during the day and they have to depend on private tankers.
Manohar Sharma from Malviya Nagar, Sector 2, said on Saturday, we hardly had a supply for half an hour.
Walled City areas like Transport Nagar and Laxmi Narayanpuri had a better supply on Saturday.

According to a PHED engineer, the supply duration has been enhanced by 20 minutes and it would be go up to 30 minutes later. “We had comparatively a better supply,” affirmed Krishna Mohan a government employee from Laxmi Narayanpuri.