Mumbai: The Brihanmumbai Municipal
Corporation (BMC) will keep a tab on Government offices to
ensure water is not wasted.
"We have decided to form a squad of junior engineers
who will visit government offices once in 15 days to check how
much water is wasted through leakages and other means,"
Additional Municipal Commissioner Anil Diggikar said today.
With this, we will able to keep an eye on water
consumed by government offices and prevent leakages to save
water for Mumbaikars reeling under water cuts, he said.
The offices include Mantralya (state secretariat),
Post Offices and Life Insurance Corporation among others.
"Our engineers will check the water leakages and
supply to government offices. If any lapse is detected, we
will send them notices and if they do not act within seven
days or so we will take strict action," Diggikar said.
According to the BMC, there will be on an average 10
government offices in each of the 24 wards who consume nearly
400 million litres of water per day.
The BMC had on October 28 formally announced about 15
per cent water cut for residential users and 30 per cent cut
for commercial users till mid-July 2010.
It expects to save 150 million litres of water per day
by imposing 30 per cent cut for bulk consumers who consume one
lakh million litres per day.
"We will be able to manage the situation till mid-
July. Even though there is a shortfall in water content in the
lakes, that can be taken care by using alternative sources or
measures," Diggikar said.
The BMC is focusing on creating and repairing bore
wells, setting up desalination and sewage treatment plants,
using rain water harvesting method and restricting water
leakages and thefts among other measures.
The metropolis receives 3,280 million-litres water per
day (MLD) as against the demand of 4,200 MLD.
Bureau Report
First Published: Wednesday, November 04, 2009, 00:00