Navi Mumbai

Looks like NMMC is leaving no stones unturned to save as much water as possible to ensure that tax paying citizens do not face water shortage like neighboring cities Mumbai. Where on one side the corporation’s water department is fast implementing its ‘Save Water Policy’; on the other hand as per the directive of the state government, it has stopped water supply to construction sites in the city for 15 days. This also includes towers across the city, reports Monika Bhosale.

Mumbai city is facing the worst water crisis in its history and evidently, the issue became a subject of heated debate and discussions in the recently concluded assembly sessions in Nagpur. As a step to combat the water crisis in Mumbai to some level, the state has instructed MCGM to stop water supply to construction sites. NMMC too is following the same directives and has stopped water supply at construction sites for last 15 days. According to NMMC’s Water Dept. Executive Engineer Sanjay Desai, presently NMMC is supplying water to construction sites only for labor camp. This has helped reduce water supply from 5 MLD to 2 MLD. Builders Association of Navi Mumbai’s President Bhupendra Shah says that the decision does not effect majority of the builders as they anyways take supply from water tankers. The Association’s Secretary, M.C. Sunny however opines that they need water of good quality for construction purpose and that’s why NMMC should supply water to their sites, even if it is at commercial rate.

Meanwhile, to implement its ‘Save Water Policy’, NMMC has formed two units that comprises of a Head Plumber with 10 assistants who carry out action drives every morning and evening. In its drive against towers consuming excess water, nearly 1500 towers have already been served notices while 950 individual domestic water users too have been booked. If the violators do not stop the excess water they are using, NMMC would then conduct penal action against them.

So far this aggressive campaign of NMMC has helped save almost 9 MLD water. The corporation is aiming at save up to 10%. However, citizens facing water cuts are protesting against NMMC. Voicing discontent with water supply, residents of some areas in the city informed NMTV News that NMMC begins water supply at 1 in the night till 6 in the morning, which is useless. These citizens are demanding that better the timings of water supply should be made user friendly. Well looking at this, it wouldn’t be wrong to say that NMMC Water Dept. needs to include itself as well in its “Save Water Policy”.

Source: www.nmtv.tv

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