Water disruption continues in Nashik city for third day

Nashik: Water supply across Nashik city remained disrupted for the third consecutive day on Monday, causing severe inconvenience to the residents.The Nashik Municipal Corporation (NMC), however, managed to partially restore supply in some parts of the city by evening, albeit at low pressure. The water disruption followed a two-day shutdown imposed by the civic body on Saturday and Sunday to carry out repair and maintenance work on major distribution pipelines and treatment plants.Despite the shutdown ending on Sunday, supply did not resume normally on Monday, leaving residents struggling to meet their daily water requirements. Many residents complained that they did not receive any water through municipal taps throughout the day.With civic supply remaining erratic, several residents turned to private water tankers, while others relied on borewells in neighbouring residential societies."Our society had no water on Monday as our storage tanks dried up due to no supply for the past three days. We tried to arrange a private tanker, but had to wait the entire day due to a sudden surge in demand," Abhishek Kale, a local resident, said.Residents from several areas, including Dwarka, Nashik Road and parts of Panchavati also reported severe water scarcity."We did not receive water for three consecutive days and it caused immense inconvenience to families, especially senior citizens," Mitesh Bhamre, a resident of Dwarka, said.An NMC official said water supply was being restored gradually and nearly 50% of the city received water by Monday afternoon at low pressure.When contacted, Ravindra Dharankar, superintendent engineer (water supply) of NMC, said the civic body had completed all planned repair and maintenance works. "We have started water supply in most parts of the city except Nashik Road division and some areas of Nashik East. Elevated reservoirs in these areas are being filled and supply will resume by Tuesday morning," he said. Dharankar added that water supply would be restored across all six municipal divisions on Tuesday, though residents may face low pressure initially. "It will take two to three days for the system to stabilise and for water pressure to return to normal," he said.