Cantt residents upset with poor water supply

NASHIK: The

residents

of

Kahan Nagar Housing Society

in the Cantonment Board area in Deolali are upset with the poor supply of

water

in their houses for a month.

The residents had written letters to the water department on April 15 and sent it through Whatsapp. Ajay Kumar, the chief executive officer of Canontment Board Deolali (CBD), has assured them of action over the issue.

“The residents have forwarded the letters to me and I will look into the matter. The board wants to ensure that all the residents of Deolali area receive adequate drinking water,” he told said.

“We wanted to go and submit the letters ourselves but when the lockdown was not lifted on April 14, we decided to send the complaints through Whatsapp. We did not make any fuss about not getting adequate water from the board and managed with less water supply. But we had to take a step when we did not get water for about 10 days,” said Bharat Shah, an aggrieved resident.

The residents of 74 bungalows and several flats of the housing society said that they are receiving very less water every day. According to Shah, they have got new electric meters which have not defaulted yet.

“I am 78 years old and I have to get up at 3.45 am to fill water. I have kept the pictures of meter readings of the water supply in my house. There is minimal or no water since April first week. The board should ensure supply of water in our taps.”

Sameer Shah, another resident, said “In our housing society, water comes at 3.45am and we have to get up everyday to see whether water supply has started. We have to wait till 5am for one bucket of water as there is very less water, and sometimes no water in our taps.”

He said that all those staying in that area have to fill water from the nearby housing society in the morning.

“90% of the people staying in the society are elderly. They have to fill water from nearby society in the dark where many of us gather and form a queue. It is risky and dangerous at that time of thee morning,” he said.

He also said that they had made a verbal complaint in the first week of April after which the linemen had come and said that the residents should get their meters checked.

“If our meter is choked, how do we get water on one day and no water on the other. They had also told us that we should get our mainline washed out if we are getting dirty water. We request the board to look into the matter,” said Dilip Shah, another aggrieved resident.


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