Mayor assures regular water supply till June 15

Despite the fact that many localities in east and north Nagpur are facing water shortage while a few in South Nagpur are receiving water on
alternate days, mayor Maya Iwnate and NMC water supply committee chairman Pravin Datke assured equal distribution of water supply atleast for a hour till June 15 across the city.

Iwnate said, "NMC water works department currently supplies 530 MLD (million litres per day) water in city as against the requirement of 540 MLD. We are trying to improve on that, and, with the help of state government's irrigation department, NMC will start supply at least 537 MLD water in the next few days across the city."

The water supplied right now is sufficient. However, people should avoid using potable water for other purposes like gardening, construction, washing clothes etc," she added. Iwnate further ruled out any possibility of alternate day water supply for meeting the demand and supply gap.

Water supply committee chairman Pravin Datke said, "The city draws its water mainly from Gorewada dam and Kanhan river. In normal circumstances, certain parts in North, East and South Nagpur do not receive adequate supply because of constraints in distribution network." According to records, the water works department has supplied 531 MLD water to city mainly from Pench, Gorewada dam and Kanhan river on Monday. Pench-I project supplied 137 MLD water, Pench-II around 138 MLD while Pench-III supplied 115 MLD water. Besides, 125 MLD comes from Kanhan pumping station and remaining 16 MLD from old Gorewada pumping station.

The new localities (572 and 1900 layouts) and slums areas that were facing severe water crisis these days will be supplied water through tankers. Water works department has increased the number of tankers from 152 to 167 which are now making 1,414 trips (earlier 1226 trips) every day.

The water shortage zones like Nehru Nagar, Lakadganj, Asi Nagar, Mangalwari, Hanuman Nagar and Dharampeth were given more supply.

Executive engineer Shashikant Hastak said, "Recently, WWD has started supplying water in over 565 unauthorised layouts (from 1900 and 567 lay outs) where Nagpur Improvement Trust has laid its water distribution network, giving benefits to over 50,000 plot owners. The recently laid water distribution network is supplying water to many localities like Dabha, Wadi, Durganagar, Raghuji Nagar, Jaitala giving relief to over 34,000 plot owners," he added.

The state government agency GSDA has been appointed for repair and maintenance of bore wells. The agency will soon make borewell water available for drinking and other purposes, he added.





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In a bid to cope with water shortage, NMC Water Works Department has planned a time-bound programme, including setting up Central monitoring system (CMS) at all pumping stations and 43 overhead water tanks, which will enable the corporation to ascertain the exact quantity of water supplied to localities and how much the residents get from water tanks. Also on the cards are computerisation and preparation of software for maintaining all details of water distribution network in the city. The CMS will start functioning from May 2, executive engineer Shashikant Hastak said.

A global positioning system (GPS) set will be installed on all 167 tankers that are supplying water in several localities. The GPS system will be directly connected with CMS. Both systems will help NMC officials monitor the water supply received from Gorewada and Kanhan pumping station, and water supply distribution network in city.



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