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ShareMumbai: The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) will keep a tab on Government offices to ensure water is not wasted. "We have decided to form a squad of junior engineers who will visit government offices once in 15 days to check how much water is wasted through leakages and other means," additional municipal commissioner Anil Diggikar said today.
With this, we will be able to keep a check on water consumed by government offices and prevent leakages to save water for Mumbaikars reeling under water cuts, he said. The offices include Mantralya (state secretariat), Post Offices and Life Insurance Corporation among others.
"Our engineers will check the water leakages and supply to government offices. If any lapse is detected, we will send them notices and if they do not act within seven days or so we will take strict action," Diggikar said.
According to the BMC, there will be on an average 10 government offices in each of the 24 wards who consume nearly 400 million litres of water per day. The BMC had on October 28 formally announced about 15% water cut for residential users and 30% cut for commercial users till mid-July 2010.
It expects to save 150 million litres of water per day by imposing 30% cut for bulk consumers who consume one lakh million litres per day. "We will be able to manage the situation till mid-July. Even though there is a shortfall in water content in the lakes, that can be taken care by using alternative sources or measures," Diggikar said.
The BMC is focusing on creating and repairing bore wells, setting up desalination and sewage treatment plants, using rain water harvesting method and restricting water leakages and thefts among other measures. The metropolis receives 3,280 million-litres water per day (MLD) as against the demand of 4,200 MLD.
