As a pipeline burst in Navi Mumbai’s Uran area, the water supply to nodes like Kharghar, Kamothe, Kalamboli, Dronagiri and Ulwe is most likely to remain affected till Saturday, July 8.
As per officials from CIDCO, a container hit the water pipeline resulted in a massive pipe burst. The incident occurred from Hetawane dam has burst at Chirner in Uran on Thursday evening, July 6 at 6:40 pm.
This incident came to light after a video of water jutting almost 40 feet out of the pipeline was being circulated on social media and to affirm the severity of the situation. It was then that the official informed that there is going to be a major distribution issue of water as the pipeline from Hetawane dam had burst.
“Emergency repair works are underway and it is likely to take over six hours to complete. Therefore, water supply in Kharghar, Ulwe and Dronagiri will have some issues. We are working to ensure water supply will resume properly from tomorrow itself,” said an official from the Public Resource Office (PRO) department.
No water was provided to residents since yesterday evening. On Friday, June 7, also there will be no water supply. Earlier, the officials stated that the low pressure water supply will resume this morning.
The driver of the container lost control of the vehicle and hit the air valve of the pipeline, resulting in the loss of lakhs of litres of water.
Officials have urged all citizens to cooperate and use water sparingly as it is unlikely that even tanker services will be available.
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