BHOPAL: Connection of new Kolar pipeline in the state capital caused unexpected havoc here on Monday. More wards and areas than intended were impacted by the water supply outage. Kolar water supply provides for 40% of the state capital’s water requirement.
“Jawahar Chowk main overhead water tank could not get water from Kolar. The situation resulted in water cuts and slow water pressures across many areas,” said a BMC water works official. Civic body had stated that water supply would be impacted in only two municipal zones. It included Ibrahimpura, Lakherapura, Peer Gate, Nadeem road, Loha Bazar, Qazipura, Gurjarpura, Kayasthapura, Kumharpura, Amar Basti, Hawa Mahal road, Fatehgarh, Noor Mahal road, Malipura and other areas under BMC Zone 2. Ginnouri, Hathikhana, Jogipura, Kolipura, Bhoipura, some part of Ibrahimpura, Islampura and areas under BMC Zone 5. The outage spread through other areas including zone 2, 3, 4, 6 and zone 7 according to sources. Through the day BMC water supply officials were not receiving calls. Some officials even diverted their mobile phones to other numbers.
“Had it been summer season the situation would have been far worse. The weather conditions helped the BMC get over the situation,” said a retired urban development official.
Water supply in two BMC zones could be fully restored by Tuesday. The scheduled outage was for interconnection of Kolar pipeline, water supply system in the areas linked with new Kolar project. Shutdown of the water supply was undertaken on Sunday and water supply was only to be impacted in two BMC zones. Some other areas were hit by no water supply or low pressure of supply, according to sources.
