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Water problem still persists in certain areas of Kharghar

By Dinesh Kamath

NAVI MUMBAI: Irregular water supply is the problem faced by some residents of Kharghar since quite a long time. These residents feel that the City and Industrial Development Corporation (CIDCO) should do something drastic about this problem and end this menace once and for all.

Either these residents face a situation there is no water supply or there is supply of water only for a short duration. The amount of water supplied is found to be less while the numbers of residents who are in need of water are found to be much more comparatively. Sometimes when the water does come, the pressure is extremely low and it is difficult to manage.

These harassed residents are fed up of the same lame excuse given by CIDCO officials when they are approached with this problem. These officials always talk about some repair works going on at the dams which supply the water to this area. The residents question whether there is some understanding between CIDCO officials and owners of water tankers. Is CIDCO denying the residents of water supply to make them over dependent on water tankers and thus let the owners of these tankers make big profit? Some poor residents find the price of water of these tankers too exorbitant.

The water supply of certain areas in Kharghar had been consistently low, despite other neighbouring areas getting uninterrupted water. CIDCO keeps assuring that water problem will be looked into and solved but nothing practical in that direction happens.

Now that the election is about to get over, the Kharghar residents are just waiting to see as to who will win the election and whether their problem will be seriously looked into by the new elected member.