Taloja residents reel under water crisis; Cidco drags its feet

› We have asked the engineers to look into the complaints. We are also looking for pipeline ruptures which may have affected the supply. PRIYA RATAMBE, Cidco PRO

NAVIMUMBAI: More than 5,000 residents in Taloja phase 2 have been reeling under water crisis for the past five days.

The node has been facing water problem off and on for the past six months and residents allege officials have not done anything to improve supply.

City and Industrial Development Corporation (Cidco), which supplies water to Taloja, hadshutwatersupplyonFriday. Water supply resumed the next day but the pressure is weak.

PB Kale, executive engineer, water supply, Cidco, said, “We have resumed water supply and the situation will improve.”

Taloja and Kharghar get 65 mld water against the requirement of 75 mld.

Priya Ratambe, public relations officer (PRO) Cidco, said, “We have asked the engineers to look into the problems and complaints. We are also looking for water pipeline ruptures which may have affected the supply.”

Locals alleged that such instances keep happening once or twice a month. Samdarshi Pali, 45, a resident from Taloja, said, “We are dependent on tanker water supply. Also, there is monopoly of few tanker water supply from whom we have to purchase water. Outside water tankers are not allowed.”

Taloja, which Cidco has been planning as an extension to Kharghar, has many housing projects coming up in the node.

Sudhir Chavan, 45, a resident of Arihant Amodini at Taloja, said, “In the past six months, we have paid around ₹18 lakh for tanker water supply. We have been facing such problems for six months.”