Thane : Even though water is being supplied more than the demand in Thane Municipal Corporation area. But despite this, Thane residents are still facing water shortage due to leakages, failure in water pipeline and other reasons. Keeping this in mind, now the Municipal Water Supply Department, the citizens of the area do not have to face the shortage of water this summer. For this, it has been decided to use the natural resources within its limits. Under this, a campaign for cleaning the well has been started in the city and so far 128 wells have been cleaned. For cleaning the wells on behalf of the Municipal Corporation, an amount of Rs 15 lakh has been approved for each division committee this year.
Significantly, the Thane Municipal Corporation has started planning this year to avoid water scarcity. For this purpose, it has been decided to utilize the natural resources available in the city and use the city’s well water for other purposes. For this, the work of removing sludge from these wells has been started. The water from those wells is about to be used. Vinod Pawar, executive engineer of Thane Municipal Water Supply Department, says that the work of cleaning the remaining wells will be completed soon.
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According to a survey conducted by the Municipal Corporation, there are 555 public wells in different parts of the city. However, some of these wells were dilapidated, unusable, due to waste, some wells were dry, some of them are contaminated due to various reasons and 40 per cent of ground water has been contaminated due to seepage of sewerage water in some wells. As a result, the number of unutilized wells has gone up to 216. Therefore, the number of wells currently in use has come down from 555 to 339.
Wells storage capacity 8.7 million liters
The survey conducted by the Municipal Water Supply Department also revealed that the storage capacity of the well in Thane Municipal Corporation area is 8.7 million liters. But out of this, 1.8 million liters of water was found unusable. After which it is also concluded that the water is unfit for drinking. Wells available. Now all those well water should be used. The Thane Municipal Corporation has now come up with this scheme to prevent water scarcity among the citizens of Thane.
Also repair of tubules
There are total 1811 well ducts in Thane Municipal Corporation area. Apart from these wells, the municipal administration has also started the work of repairing the wells in the city on a war footing. Some of these well ducts are piped hand pumps and are being used by the slum dwellers. Some well tubes are equipped with electric pumps and are being used in public parks, municipal schools, fire stations, hospitals, government offices, etc. Apart from this, coupons are also being used in public toilets of Thane Municipal Corporation.