Standing committee chairman Jagdish Shetty said the issue came up for
discussion during a meeting on Tuesday. He said municipal commissioner
Shrikar Pardeshi has sought a report from the drainage department about
the status of the works being carried out by contractors. Pardeshi, who
was present at the meeting, said if it is found that the contractors
were not working properly, the contracts would be allotted again.

Corporator Sunita Waghere had raised the issue in the standing
committee when she said some houses in Pimpri Camp were being flooded
with sewage water. She pointed out that residents had complained to the
zonal office, but the problem was not solved. Waghere said that water
pipelines in the ward were more than 30 years old and need to be
replaced to prevent contamination of drinking water.

Earlier, Shrirang Barne, group leader of Shiv Sena
corporators, had complained of contamination of drinking water in
Thergaon. Barne said the contractor did not have adequate machinery and
manpower to repair the choked drainage chambers.

NCP corporator
Datta Sane from Chikhli, too, had complained around a fortnight back
about choked drainage chambers in his ward. Sane had demanded that the
civic administration take action against the contractor.