Several areas of Shimla remain without water for fourth day

Several areas of Shimla remained without water for the fourth day today while water came in trickles in several other localities, causing unrest among the residents.
The residents in over a dozen localities complained that there was no supply for past four days and they were forced to fetch water from natural sources from a distance and were facing great hardship.
The Shimla Municipal Corporation (SMC) reviewed the situation at a high level meeting under the chairmanship of Mayor Sanjay Chauhan and attributed the shortage to massive leakage in pipelines of Giri Water supply scheme, supplying about 20 MLD of water.

A senior engineer of Water Works department of SMC said that the main cause of shortage of water was interruption in power supply but the situation has improved and water supply on alternate days would be assured and if possible, water would be supplied daily in days to come.
The water availability was about 37 MLD and it was sufficient to meet the requirements of the people during the off season and after plugging the leakages and replacement of worn out pipes with World Bank funding, normal water supply would be possible, he added.