Kolkata: Hindustan Park depends on tanker water – Times of India

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KOLKATA: Some residents of south Kolkata’s tony neighbourhoods of Hindustan Park, Purna Das Road and Rashbehari Avenue have been battling severe water shortage, buying water from KMC and a private trust for the past fortnight. KMC has launched a probe into the reason behind the problem since there is no shortage in supply from either the Tallah reservoir via the Auckland Square booster pumping station or from the Kalighat booster pumping station.
Unable to bear the prolonged water crisis, residents of the locality submitted a memorandum to the KMC executive engineer early this week, seeking a solution. “There is no water pressure. As a result, we are not getting even half the amount of water that used to come earlier,” said octogenarian Dhrubajyoti Chaudhuri, who has been living in the locality for decades.
Initially, many thought the problem was with their individual household and had to do with the ferrule or clogging of the supply line from the main pipe to the underground reservoir. But soon, they realized others, too, were suffering. “All the houses are going dry. We have had to buy water every alternate day. This is a financial drain. KMC has only now taken note and seems to be looking into the issue,” said Pratip Mukherjee, another resident.
KMC water department officials on Wednesday installed meters at some pockets to check water pressure there. “To find the actual cause, we need to know the exact pressure of water existent in several neighbourhoods around Hindustan Park,” said an official.
The Dev Sen household Bhalo-Basha has not yet faced the water crisis, perhaps because there aren’t too many occupants ever since author Nabanita Dev Sen’s demise last year. “When others are complaining about a drop in water pressure, there must be a problem,” said Antara Dev Sen who lives in the family house. She pointed out the character of the area had changed from being a sleepy para to a buzzing mixed use locality with restaurants and boutiques.
Also, many large houses have been replaced with multi-storied buildings. The two-three-storey houses, with a family on each floor in the past, have given way to five-six-storey buildings with two to three flats on each floor. The changed demography has put pressure on resources. “Most of the new houses and even the older ones have shops on the ground floor. This is a floating crowd that spends the entire working day in the locality. The pressure on resources is understandable,” said Shyamasree Chatterjee (75), from Rashbehari Avenue.
A KMC water supply official said engineers would try to locate any sort of crack in ancillary pipes that supply water to households.

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