Pune: The Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) on Wednesday suspends the water supply to areas served by Pune Cantonment Board (PCB) for extraordinary water tax contributions of Rs 77 Crore.
There is no water supply from morning until late at night.
“The Civic administration has continuously followed up with the contribution payment council.
But with Cantonese officials do not respond, we stop water supply on Wednesday as the last choice,” said Aniruddha Pawaskar, Head of the PMC water supply department.
As per PMC, not only the board but the majority of the population in the PCB area has not paid their water tax.
Pawaskar said the decision regarding future water supply will be taken based on response received from PCB after Wednesday’s action.
According to PMC officials, residents in the PCB area owe Rs 29 Crore while the board owes Rs 48 Crore.
This payment is due for more than four years.
“PMC has notified to be lost but they have not cleaned their contributions.
Actions such as bluffing water connections are taken in the past.
Even so, contributions are not cleaned.
This problem cannot be resolved through an alternative dispute settlement system.
The response expected is not given to PMC by PCB at Lok Adalat who has just been held, “said a senior PMC official.
Executive Officer Cantonment PCB Amit Kumar said they came into contact with PMC authorities about this issue.
“We are in the process of making a payment of bills.
Because of the poor financial conditions of the council, we cannot make a large payment in the past,” he said.
Sanjay Kawde, an activist from Ghorpadi, said, “PCB needs to examine all water connections because many residents have not paid old water bills.” Other residents, Sameer Shaikh, said, “The council needs to act against illegal water connections.” Sandesh Shinde taxi driver from the Bhimpura area, said, “It was very unusual because we had never experienced dry knock on Wednesday.
We have to buy water bottles to drink.
Authorities must tell citizens first if they plan to stop the water supply ..
“Satish Mane, vegetable vendors and fruits from the Taboot Street area, said,” I can’t wash the fruits and vegetables that I bought for sale.
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