Gurgaon: Water supply restored in new sectors along Dwarka Expressway after leakage in pipeline plugged

The leak was initially supposed to be plugged by 4am on Tuesday, but the GMDA at the time said that “prevailing weather conditions (rain and waterlogging) are posing challenges; however, teams remain on the ground and are working continuously to resolve the issue at the earliest. Water supply to sectors 81–99 and Sector 37 remains temporarily suspended and will be restored immediately upon completion of repairs.”

For the last two days, residents in the affected sectors were left reliant on groundwater from borewells supplied by a tanker. “The sectors 88-99 were particularly affected over the last two days. They had to rely on tankers which charged anywhere from 14 to 30 paise per litre, depending on the Total Dissolved Solids (TDS) content, which they source from borewells in the area. There was no other option,” said Sunil Sareen, deputy convenor of the Dwarka Expressway-Gurugram Development Association.

This marks the third breach in key pipelines in recent weeks across Gurgaon. Last week, a similar breach in a master water pipeline near Subhash Chowk on Sohna Road disrupted traffic, though repairs were completed in about 11 hours. Earlier this month, a leak at the Chandu Budhera plant took nearly five days to fix and affected several sectors across the city.