In a growing nightmare for a city facing the start of a long, parched summer, the water distribution network has seen 33 pipeline bursts and 64 heavy leakages over the past three months, resulting in the wastage of over 240 million litres.
As per data with the four divisional offices of the BMC’s hydraulic engineering department for the period between January 1 and April 1, there have been 30 bursts on the pipeline network within the city on pipes measuring between 12 inches and 86 inches in diameter, and three major bursts along water mains outside the city limits.
Six of these have been the result of work by agencies on various civic infrastructure projects, one such rupture having taken place on an underground water tunnel in Malad on February 12. The Malad damage alone has caused a loss of more than 230 million litres till date, with the tunnel from Bhandup Complex to Liberty Garden leaking as much as 5 million litres everyday since it was damaged due to the illegal digging of a borewell. The civic body has now asked Hindustan Construction Company to repair the tunnel, more than 50 days after the rupture.
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