PUNE: A new water pipeline will be laid at Pargenagar in Kondhwa to bring relief to residents who have been battling water shortage for several years.
Many areas in Kondhwa and NIBM Road still do not get municipal water supply. Though there is a water pipeline at Pargenagar, insufficient water is distributed to housing societies in the area, leaving residents to fend for themselves.
The local corporator has now arranged funds to lay a new water pipeline, which will benefit housing societies such as Kumar Sublime, Kumar Sansar, Kumar Suraksha, DSK Garden Enclave, Yash Rhythm phase 1 and 2, Parge Vivaan, Parge Heights, among others.
Avelino Naronha, secretary, Kumar Sublime, said, “The management has made relentless efforts to ensure that all homeowners pay property tax to the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC), but despite this we are facing severe water shortage problems. We receive only 5,000 litres of water daily from the PMC water pipeline. The supply meets just 5-7%% of our total requirement. On an average, we spend Rs2 lakh on purchase of water from tankers every month. We have to incur an additional cost of Rs 50,000-60,000 per month on water softeners. We hope the 24x7 water pipeline will solve our problems.”
Sameer Khawaja, chairman, Kumar Sansar Cooperative housing society, said, “We have not had municipal water supply for almost 12 years. Though there is a water pipeline, we are at the dead end of it. We are also located uphill, so we get water only at 3am for half an hour after the PMC temporarily shuts off distribution to other societies in the area to increase the pressure, so that water reaches us. We have two borewells that give a good output of 50,000-60,000 litres daily, but we have to spend around Rs 40,000 per month on electricity charges to pump the water up.”
Nanda Lonkar, local corporator, said the new pipeline will distribute an increased amount of water which will meet the requirements of the housing societies. “The residents of Pargenagar have been suffering for a very long time. The area came under my purview in 2017. Since then I have been trying to solve the problem. Now, a more efficient water pipeline will be installed by the end of February, but it will take three to four months for adequate water supply in the area.”