Pune plans once a week water cut to avert crisis
The city is in for a spell of hot weather as the temperature is expected to cross 40 degrees Celsius in the next few days.
The PMC has clarified that it was against water cuts on alternate days as it disturbs the entire water supply system. (file) With the mercury level going up in Pune coupled with the prediction of a delayed monsoon this year, the authorities have proposed a cut in water supply for one day a week in the city. The final decision, however, will be taken in the next few days at a meeting on water management to be chaired by Pune’s Guardian Minister Chandrakant Patil.
A meeting of officials of the district water resources department and Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) was held Tuesday to chalk out steps to handle the possible water crisis in the city.
The city gets water mostly from Khadakwasla, Panshet, Varasgaon, and Temghar dams while some parts get water from the Bhama Askhed dam. The available storage in dams is 12.5 TMC, with 7 TMC reserved for meeting the domestic needs of the people in the city, and 5 TMC for irrigation. The rising temperature is likely to evaporate 2 TMC water from the dams in the next few months leading to possible water shortage.
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