The residents of the old MHADA colony in Andheri (West) continue to face water shortages. They are relying on tankers and bottled water. They regularly complain about their issues to the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), but the officials just ignore this issue.
In the first week of August, BMC lifted the 10% water cut imposed owing to delayed monsoon. Yet, areas like the old MHADA colony still face a water crisis. "The residents of the K West ward, which includes Andheri West, are fed up with the issue due to absurd and irregular water supply timings," claimed a resident of the MHADA colony.
Over the past few days, the issue with the water supply has gotten worse after pipeline burst in Adarsh Nagar. Due to this, water was unavailable for two days at St. Mary's High School. They are still facing problems with a lack of water supplies.
On August 25, Sushiela Bhakkar, a Shiv Kutir Society resident, complained about this issue. She said, "We've had this issue for a long time. Midnight, or roughly 12 am, is our water slot. A lack of water on a given day results in a number of problems. For our society, tanker water had to be purchased. In the past, we placed water tanker orders to maintain our society tank full," she was quoted by Mid-day.
Local general store and grocery store owners said there is a surge in bottled water sales, as it has become the only clean drinking water source for the residents.
Mohini Sutar, a cafe manager at Andheri told Mid-day, "Only two days ago, we needed to purchase bottled water to flush the toilet in our café. In our locale, water is released between 9 pm and 12 am. Sometimes we get water around 1 am. It's quite difficult for me to fill the water tank at night, go home, and then return to my job the next morning because I live in Ghatkopar. Despite all of this, the water can occasionally still be dirty and muddy, which makes things more difficult for us."
Further research indicated that the similar water supply issue has also affected some areas of the Lokhandwala and Oshiwara regions.
A representative of the K West ward's waterworks department said to media, "I am not aware of any such issue in the area." He added, "We are currently dealing with a large number of complaints, and tracking each one, particularly those made via WhatsApp, is difficult." Prithviraj Chauhan, assistant commissioner for the K East ward, refused to respond despite repeated attempts. "The problem would be rectified at the ward level," stated Purushottam Malavade, head of the BMC's hydraulic engineering department. He also claimed to be unaware of the situation. In the H-West ward, including Khar and Bandra water supply was affected on August 13.
Giving the reason, BMC explained that a sluice valve, on the inlet of the Pali hill reservoir at Mohammed Rafi Chowk on SV Road, malfunctioned. Later on the same evening, BMC officials stated that the issue had been resolved. However, the former corporators and residents of the H-West ward complained that the water pressure in their area reduces and is back to normal quite frequently.
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