If the treated water is not used for construction, the construction will have to be stopped | PMC Commissioner Dr. Rajendra Bhosale
On one hand, the city has given the highest number of construction permits in the last year. Also, since there is less water in the dams that supply water to the city, the city is facing a crisis of water shortage, so the municipal corporation had appealed to use water from Sewage Treatment Project (STP) for construction.
However, this appeal is getting little response from construction professionals. Therefore, if the treated water is not used for construction, the construction will have to be stopped, said Municipal Commissioner Dr. Rajendra Bhosle has given to builders.
The Khadakwasla dam chain, which supplies water to the city, has three TMC less water than last year. This water is sufficient for the city for two months. In addition, in the past few years, the city has been receiving good rainfall from July instead of June. Therefore, if the water storage in the dam reaches the bottom, there is a fear of water crisis in the city. On the other hand, as the demand for water in the city has increased to a great extent, the planning of the municipality has collapsed. Water is being supplied by tankers to 34 villages as well as in many areas in the city.
On the other hand, since the water storage in the dams is less, the irrigation department is also demanding to save water. For this, although efforts are being made by the municipality to prevent large-scale leakage in the city, on the other hand, it has come to light that drinking water is being used for construction purposes.
Municipal commissioner held a review meeting of water supply department for water planning. At that time, the construction professionals disliked the STP water and it has come to light that only 80 tankers are being demanded.
Therefore, the Municipal Corporation is going to conduct an inspection in the city to find out where the water supply for the constructions is actually coming from. Commissioner explained that if drinking water is used for construction even after appealing as per the provisions of the law, action will be taken to stop the construction along with punitive action.
In March last year, the Pune municipal corporation had forced the builders to use STP water for construction. It received a good response in the months of April and May last year, so the demand for water went up to around 80 to 85 tankers per day. However, as soon as the monsoon started, this demand decreased. Now, 80 tankers of water are going every month.
Meanwhile, builders had complained that STP water was not suitable for construction. As a solution, the municipality decided to test this water in a laboratory. However, it is said that this situation has arisen as nothing has happened in the dispute as to which department should do this inspection.
