Archive · 23 May 2025
Pune Residents Complain About Erratic Water Supply After Cuts End
Imagine you're trying to take a shower, but the water keeps stopping and starting.
That's what's happening to some people in Pune.
Even though the city stopped rationing water, the water still isn't flowing well.
Some areas get water for only a couple of hours.
The problem is that the place that cleans the water can't clean enough for everyone.
Also, the hills make it hard to get water to all the houses.
The city is trying to fix this by sending water trucks and planning a new water cleaning plant.
Residents in Sinhagad Road, Katraj, and Satara Road-Dhankawdi areas are unhappy with water supply.
Water supply remains erratic despite the suspension of rotational water cuts.
PMC officials cite a shortfall due to limited purification capacity at the Wadgaon water unit.
Geographical challenges also impact water pressure and supply.
PMC is planning to deploy tankers and explore longer supply hours.
- Who
- Residents of Sinhagad Road, Katraj, Satara Road-Dhankawdi areas and PMC officials
- What
- Complaints about erratic water supply despite the end of rotational water cuts.
- When
- After the suspension of rotational water cuts in the first week of May.
- Where
- Sinhagad Road, Katraj, and Satara Road-Dhankawdi areas in Pune.
- Why
- Due to limited purification capacity and geographical challenges.
- Affected Areas
- Sinhagad Road, Katraj, Satara Road-Dhankawdi
- Issue
- Erratic water supply
- Cause of Shortfall
- Limited purification capacity at Wadgaon water unit
- Water Shortfall
- Approximately 25 MLD
- Planned Solution
- New water purification plant at Wadgaon
- New Plant Capacity
- 125 MLD
- New Plant Cost
- Rs 188.4 crore