Citing health hazards, Gurgaon civic body asks residents of 3 neighbourhoods to replace water pipes
Notice follows complaints regarding dirty water; home owners to bear the cost of the upgrade
The civic body said these neighbourhoods are “old developed residential areas where many houses were constructed around 20-25 years ago”. (File Photo)
The Municipal Corporation of Gurugram (MCG) earlier this week issued a public notice directing residents of Palam Vihar and Sectors 23 and 23A to replace aging galvanized iron (GI) water pipes, citing health and sanitation hazards.
The notice was issued by Additional Commissioner Yash Jaluka on Wednesday.
The civic body said these neighbourhoods are “old developed residential areas where many houses were constructed around 20-25 years ago”.
Warning of potential hazards from the existing infrastructure, the MCG notice stated, “Due to aging, corrosion and damage in the Gl pipelines, there are possibilities of leakage and contamination of water supply.”
The corporation cautioned that these issues “may affect not only individual households but also nearby residents”.
However, the financial responsibility for this upgrade falls entirely on the homeowners. The MCG clarified that the “connection from the MCG main line up to the individual house is the personal property/responsibility” of the house owner concerned.
The notice also urged residents to cooperate with officials during inspections.
Speaking with The Indian Express, Jaluka said they had been receiving multiple complaints regarding “unsafe and dirty water”.
“In many older sectors, there are neighbourhoods where only one of the houses is getting dirty water. This shows that the issue is not with the supply, but damaged pipes,” Jaluka said.
He added the MCG has also been urging residents to get authorised metered connections.
General secretary, Residents Welfare Association, Sector 23A, Bhawani Shankar Tripathy, said the issue is a complex one. “Newer connections from the main line tend to have cheap plastic pipes … The issue also lies with the layout of water pipes, with many crossing sewage and stormwater ones.”
In March, the MCG had said that it is exploring AI-enabled Pan-Tilt-Zoom (PTZ) cameras that can travel inside pipelines — scanning for cracks, illegal tapping, silt build-up, and even intruding tree roots. The cameras would generate AI-based reports, particularly in unplanned colonies where there are no metered water connections, Jaluka had said.
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