P-North ward assistant commissioner Devendra Jain, who inspected the plant on Friday, said they found chemicals like potassium cyanide in it.
Think twice before you drink water from water dispensers in public places where inverted cans of any unknown company are attached. The water may not be potable at all. BMC's P-North ward office has unearthed a water 'purification plant' in Malad (East) which bottled such water cans.
The plant, situated in a dingy area of Pathanwadi slums, does not have the mandatory Reverse Osmosis (RO) technology or proper filtration process and the water there is sourced from a borewell. The plant processes the water using harmful chemicals. The civic authorities will soon serve a notice and take stringent action against the plant.
P-North ward assistant commissioner Devendra Jain, who inspected the plant on Friday, said they found chemicals like potassium cyanide in it.
"The plant is unhygienic. We will serve a notice to it and ensure that it does not function again. We cannot allow scrupulous people to play with other people's lives. Citizens drink bottled water thinking it is safe. But they have no idea where this so-called mineral water is sourced from or how it is processed," said Jain.
BMC's hydraulic engineer Ashok Tavadia said: "We don't allow borewell water to be consumed in any form. Even when residential societies seek our permission for digging borewell, we allow them to do so after certain parameters are met and only for non-potable use. The pipelines for borewell water are separate, tanks are separate and they are colour-coded so that they can be identified easily. Time and again, our pest control officer visits and checks that the borewell lines are not connected with main tanks," said Tavadia.
Sanitary inspectors from the health department Shailesh Jadhao and Ravi Gajbhiye said that the unit doesn't even possess a license from the department. "No license from health department has been issued to this unit. When we visited the plant, we have noticed several flaws and discrepancies. The most dangerous part is that the water sourced from a borewell, which is in fact shocking," said Jadhao.
Gajbhiye said that they have kept the shutters down on Saturday in order to avoid any action. "But we have all the proofs for a water-tight case," he added.
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