Water taps to go dry in south Kolkata, added areas – Times of India

KOLKATA: Nearly the whole of south and south-west Kolkata will go dry on Saturday with Kolkata Municipal Corporation scheduling a shutdown of the Garden Reach water works to carry out scheduled repair and maintenance work.
According to KMC water supply department officials, the plant will be shut down at 10am on Saturday after supplying the filtered water in the morning. Supply will be restored early on Sunday morning, said KMC water supply department director-general, Mainak Mukherjee.
Multiple leakages that have developed in some of the major distribution pipes will also be repaired during the shutdown. Among a host of other works that will be carried out will include installation and replacement of higher diameter valves, interconnection of major water pipelines and routine maintenance.
The repair and maintenance work assumes significance as a first step for augmentation of filtered water supply for south Kolkata and added areas like Behala, Tollygunge and Jadavpur.
“We have taken up necessary repair and maintenance work and interconnection of high diameter water pipes to enable lakhs of residents in south Kolkata and its suburbs to reap the benefit of a new water treatment plant that is nearing completion. This work, once completed, will go a long way in ensuring augmented filtered water supply for more than 10 lakh people in south Kolkata and added areas such as Behala, Garden Reach, Tollygunge and Jadavpur,” said a KMC official said.
The work will not only ensure augmented filtered water supply to at least 15 major and capsule water booster pumping stations but will also reach more water to households by reducing wastage through leakages in the high diameter water pipes.