Urban News

  • Increase font size
  • Default font size
  • Decrease font size
Water Supply

Nashik Municipal Corporation finally rolls back water cut in city

Wednesday, 07 August 2013 12:24 administrator
Print PDF

The Times of India            07.08.2013

Nashik Municipal Corporation finally rolls back water cut in city

NASHIK: The Nashik Municipal Corporation (NMC) finally and resumed normal water supply in the city from Tuesday.

Mayor Yatin Wagh had announced the rollback on Monday after a meeting with municipal commissioner Sanjay Khandare and officials of the water department.

An NMC official told TOI, "We have rolled back the water cut across the city and started full water supply from the previous 12 million cubic feet (mcft) per day to 14 mcft. However, the city will still get water supply only once a day. The decision on providing water twice-a-day will be taken after a review of the water situation by the end of September."

The civic body had imposed a 10% daily cut in water supply from February 15 and once-a-week dry day every Tuesday from February 19. However, following complaints from citizens, the NMC started providing water once-a-day on all days of the week with 15-20% water cuts from March 18.

Good rains has increased the water level in the Gangapur group of dams - Gangapur, Kashyapi and Gautami Godavari - from 4,219 mcft to 6,760 mcft in the past 29 days, which is 72% of the total capacity. The Gangapur group of dams is the main source of water to the city.

The water level at Gangapur dam, which has a total capacity of 5,630 mcft, was recorded at 4,483 mcft on Tuesday (80% of total capacity) as against 2,241 mcft (40%) on the corresponding day last year.

The water level in Kashyapi, which has a total capacity of 1,852 mcft, was recorded at 1,052 mcft (57% of capacity).

The water level in Gautami-Godavari, which has a capacity of 1,883 mcft, was recorded at 1,225 mcft on Tuesday (65%).

 

Illegal water taps to invite criminal cases

Wednesday, 07 August 2013 10:42 administrator
Print PDF

The New Indian Express              07.08.2013

Illegal water taps to invite criminal cases

With the issuing of necessary instructions by the commissioner of police to the station house officers (SHOs) of respective police stations for registering cases, the Hyderabad Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board (HMWS&SB) officials have issued directions to the concerned Managers (Engineering) of their section to file criminal cases on illegal connection holders at concerned police stations from August 16.

In case of any problem in filing cases, the managers (engineering) should coordinate with the director (revenue) through their general manager (E).

The managers of water board have been directed by HMWS&SB managing director J Syamala Rao to detect illegal connections in their respective jurisdictions and to lodge complaints with the police for launching prosecution against the culprits in order to punish them.

The detected illegal connections should be disconnected immediately. The concerned employees of the water board have been warned that disciplinary action will be taken against the persons who fail to comply with the instructions for the detection of illegal connections and the subsequent filing of criminal cases. 

Syamala Rao told Express that some people are resorting to water theft from the HMWS&S Board pipelines through illegal connections causing financial loss to the water board and also causing pollution of drinking water.

 

UT likely to approach Punjab, Haryana for city share in water supply

Wednesday, 07 August 2013 09:38 administrator
Print PDF

The Indian Express              07.08.2013

UT likely to approach Punjab, Haryana for city share in water supply

With water woes staring at the city, the UT Administration is likely to approach the governments of Punjab and Haryana for a permanent solution to the problem. At present, augmentation of water supply in Chandigarh is stalled due to the dispute between the two states.

The issue was raised at a meeting of the co-ordination committee that was held between the UT Administration and the Municipal Corporation on Tuesday. It was decided that Punjab Governor and UT Administrator Shivraj V Patil would be apprised of the situation and the future course of action decided.

Chandigarh depends primarily on Kajauli Water Works for water supply. While some amount of water is received through tubewells, there is no other source of water generation in the city. The MC has proposed installation of 46 new tubewells for additional water supply. In fact, concern is already being expressed on the falling water table due to which tubewells are not likely to function properly.

The project that Chandigarh had prepared for Augmentation of Water Supply Scheme Phase V and VI of Kajauli was put into cold storage due to the refusal of the Punjab government to release water. Due to the dispute between Punjab and Haryana over sharing of water, the share that can be released to Chandigarh is also uncertain.

Mayor Subhash Chawla says, "The share of Chandigarh in water supply should be fixed. This would benefit the future generations. The issue was discussed at length in the meeting. The city should not be made a party to the dispute between

the two states. The need for the administration to approach a tribunal to settle the dispute was also discussed. It has been decided that these issues would be taken up with the administrator to decide on the future course of action."

The administration has also asked the Municipal Corporation for a hike in the water tariff. It was stated that the consumption in the northern sectors is much higher than that in the rest of the sectors. In order to check this, it was stated that the tariff for the higher slabs be increased. A need to curtail the usage of water was highlighted. The consumption in northern sectors is 1,000 to 2,000 litres per capita per day while in the other sectors, it is around 250 litres per capita per day.

It was decided that a seminar of all stakeholders be held in order to discuss the issue. Apart from experts in the field and officials, the residents would also be invited. 

 
More Articles...


Page 67 of 414