CIDCO residents! You may get 30 MLD more water from June

In a relief for the residents reeling under water woes, the City and Industrial Development Corporation (CIDCO) has announced that the agency will provide 30 million litres per day (MLD) more water by May end. However, it specified that the assurance will become a reality only if all goes as planned.

The CIDCO made the watery announcement as it’s expecting that the work on the pressure conduits at Hetwane dam will be completed by May 31. Post the completion of official formalities, the CIDCO will be

The CIDCO MD tweeted the announcement on Sunday, while clarifying that supply will start “if all goes as per plan”

able to add an immediate 30 MLD to the system. “If all goes as per the plan, the current water deficit in the CIDCO administered area is expected to be wiped out,” tweeted CIDCO MD and vice-chairman Dr Sanjay Mukherjee.

He further said the total demand for water in the CIDCO area is 289 MLD and currently there is a shortage of 30 MLD, while the additional 5 MLD from the Navi Mumbai civic body is also in irregular supply. “CIDCO has taken certain immediate measures to improve the situation. This has improved the availability by around 10 MLD,” the tweet read. In another significant step to fulfil water demands, the CIDCO has executed an agreement with the Konkan Irrigation Development Corporation for allocating additional 120 MLD from Hetawane Dam, for which Rs 119.80 crore has been paid. While the two upcoming dams, Kondhane and Balganga, will provide 250 and 350 MLDs of water, respectively, once completed.