Several parts of Thane will face a 24-hour water cut on Wednesday as the civic body will undertake essential valve installation work on a major pipeline in the Indiranagar area.
According to the Thane Municipal Corporation (TMC), a 1,168-mm diameter water pipeline was recently laid to improve supply in Indiranagar under the Vartak Nagar and Lokmanya Savarkar Nagar ward committees. To commission this new line, a valve needs to be fixed on the existing 750-mm pipeline at Indiranagar Naka. Owing to this work, water supply will remain completely shut from 9 am on Wednesday to 9 am on Thursday.
During the shutdown, supply from the Indiranagar water tank, Srinagar water tank, Warlipada water tank, Kailasnagar reno tank, Rupadevi water tank, Rupadevi reno tank, Ramnagar water tank, Yeoor Air Force water tank, and Lokmanya water tank will remain fully suspended. Accordingly, all the areas dependent on these reservoirs will be affected.
The Thane civic body has informed that the water pressure is likely to remain low for one to two days after the supply resumes. Residents have been urged to use water judiciously during the shutdown period and cooperate with the civic administration, TMC appealed.
Worker dies after iron pipe falls on him at bridge construction site in Thane; contractor booked
A 20-year-old labourer was killed and another worker sustained grievous injuries after a heavy iron pipe fell on them at a bridge construction site in Thane city, police said on Monday.
The incident occurred on Saturday near Gaimukh Chowpatty along the busy Ghodbunder Road, news agency PTI reported. Police have registered a case against the site contractor for allegedly failing to provide basic safety equipment to labourers. He has been charged with causing grievous hurt and negligence, they said.
According to the FIR, the accident took place when a group of workers was lifting a heavy iron pipe meant for the under-construction bridge. The pipe suddenly slipped and crashed onto two labourers. One of them, Sujit Kumar Harilal Prasad (20), died on the spot, while another worker, Abhishek Harind Prasad Bharti (22), suffered serious injuries.
In his complaint, labourer Diwakar Kumar Yogender Prasad (25) stated that he and five of his cousins were at the site when the incident unfolded.
Police, quoting the complaint, said the contractor, Rajesh Kumar Shankar Sah, had failed to provide essential safety gear to workers. The iron pipes had not been secured properly, resulting in one of them slipping and falling directly on the two labourers, they added.
The contractor has been booked under sections 116(1) (grievous hurt), 125 (act endangering life or personal safety of others) and 125(b) (negligence) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS).
(With PTI inputs)
