Bhiwandi : Varala Devi pond, which provides 2 MLD water per month to the people of Bhiwandi, has been filled with garbage and filth. The water of the pond has started showing green color due to the dirt, garbage spread around the Varal Devi Pond complex spread over an area of about 3 km. The sewage water coming from the residential areas in the pond is also contaminating the drinking water. Drinking dirty water poses a serious threat to the health of the people. Conscious citizens allege that the Municipal Administration is keeping everything deliberately silent and playing with the lives of the citizens of the city.
It may be mentioned that the only Varala Devi pond of Bhiwandi city is completely in the grip of dirt. The kingdom of filth has spread all around the pond. It is surprising that 2 MLD water is provided by the Municipal Water Supply Department for drinking to the citizens of the city from Varala pond itself. Immersion of Ganpati, Durga idols is also done in the pond every year from the immersion ghats fixed by the Municipal Corporation. It is astonishing that women washing utensils, clothes and children are seen bathing in the pond till morning and evening on the ghats coming towards Phena Pada, Kamatghar, situated near the pond.
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About 2 MLD water from the pond is supplied every month by the Water Supply Department for the drinking of the regional citizens, but no meaningful steps are taken for the protection and maintenance of the pond. The security of the pond is completely trustworthy. Regionally aware residents say that the dirty water of sewerage from nearby residential areas also comes into the pond, due to which the clean water of the pond is not potable at all and due to the dirt, the color of the water is looking dark green-green.
Heavy neglect of safety standards
Regional women, men, children are seen washing vehicles, washing clothes, defecation and bathing in the water of the pond as the security wall around the Varala Devi pond has also been torn apart. The repeated questions raised by all the public representatives of the Municipal Corporation regarding the beautification of the pond, the security wall and the cleanliness of the water of the pond are also not having any effect on the municipal administration. The Municipal Administration is not taking any meaningful steps for the maintenance of the beautiful pond. The municipal administration does not want to spend even one rupee on the security and beautification of the only pond of the city. Municipal Corporation former Mayor Manoj Katekar, BJP Senior Councilor Nilesh Chaudhary, Standing Committee members BJP Councilor Shyam Agarwal, Deepali Dinesh Patil etc. took necessary steps without any delay to protect, beautify the Varal Devi pond and stop the contaminated water coming into the pond from the residential areas. appealed to leave.
The darkness under the lamp, the municipal commissioner careless
Local citizens allege that seeing the green and contaminated water of Varal Devi pond, they do not feel like drinking but have to drink under compulsion. The contaminated water of the pond is posing a serious health hazard. Despite being the official residence of Municipal Commissioner Sudhakar Deshmukh, right in front of the Varal Devi pond, the municipal administration is deliberately turning a blind eye to everything. The pond in front of the Municipal Commissioner’s bungalow is getting filled with dirt, but despite the 24-hour vision of the Municipal Commissioner, there is a dark scene under the lamp.