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.”