A supposed 48-hour water cut announced by CIDCO earlier this week for emergency repair work has extended well beyond its schedule, leaving the nodes of Ulwe, Dronagiri, Kharghar, and Taloja battling an acute water crisis. According to CIDCO’s official circular, the water supply was to be disrupted from Wednesday, July 9 at 6 am to Thursday, July 10, due to emergency repairs on the Hetwane pipeline near the Kharpada bridge.
Water was expected to resume by Friday morning, but in reality, several sectors in Ulwe, including Sector 17, reported dry taps till Saturday evening.
“For the past several weeks, we have been arranging water tankers almost daily. It’s becoming financially and logistically exhausting. Every time there is maintenance at the dam or a pipe bursts the supply is disrupted,” said Sanjoy Varghese of Ulwe.
