Kapoor seeks June 30 deadline

This assurance from Kapoor came after the elected representatives continued their protests even after civic water supply chief Ramesh Ghodke made a statement before the meeting trying to satisfy the queries raised by them.

In his statement, Ghodke admitted that the drinking water supply situation in the city was far from satisfactory. In some parts, the water shortage was more severe. The distribution network at Karve Nagar was a decade old and could not take the pressure of meeting the drinking water requirements of the increased population anymore, Ghodke explained. The work of laying an additional conduit from the SNDT reservoir to feed Erandwane, Gokhale Nagar, Karve Road, Dahanukar Colony, Karve Nagar and Kothrud, could be completed only in July 1998, he said.

To end the woes of those residing along the Pune-Solapur road, the administration had decided to adopt the zoning system being successfully implemented in Yerwada, where localities have been divided into supply zones with each getting its supply during specific timings. The implementation would begin on Monday, he said.