Navi Mumbai: The 2,050 mm diameter main water supply line from Morbe Dam, which supplies water to the Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation (NMMC) area and a part of Panvel Municipal Corporation, leaked near the Bhokarpada Water Treatment Plant, leading to an immediate stoppage of water supply from the plant for repair work, which started at 11 am on Thursday. NMMC officials said that the supply will be restored this evening but with low pressure. Regular supply with adequate pressure is expected on Jan 9 morning.The Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation said the main water line repair work was underway on a war footing and was estimated to take a few more hours. The water treatment plant system was shut down from 11.30 am to 4 pm for the repairs. As a result, water supply to the NMMC area, besides Kharghar and Kamothe in the CIDCO area, was expected to be at low pressure and in low quantity on Thursday night. However, the full supply is expected by Friday morning. To build up pressure in the main line takes longer time as it comes to the city from a 60 km distance.
The corporation said water supply on Friday morning would be as per the regular schedule with proper pressure. Citizens were urged to use water wisely and cooperate with the civic body. Additional city engineer of NMMC Arvind Shinde, said that it was a sudden breakdown in the supply system at a crucial point of the treatment plant which resulted in disruption. However, water was restored on Thursday afternoon, but actual supply in the taps is expected on Friday morning, said Shinde. A resident Aditya S said, NMMC did not bother to inform the residents with the public announcement system which put lakhs of citizen in trouble for whole day.
