Water supply to be affected in Dharampeth, Shankar Nagar and other areas on Monday due to placement of a diversion pipeline to repair leakage that has been developed on 450 mm diameter feeder line beneath the Statue of Baji prabhu at Ram Nagar Square.
The pipe line has been interconnected at 3 locations already without affecting water supply and now for a major interconnection of 450x 300 mm which will permanently resolve/ plug the leakage; Nagpur Municipal Corporation and Orange City Water has planned a 12-hour shutdown of Ram Nagar on August 24(Monday) from 10 am to 10 pm.
Areas to remain affected following Ram Nagar GSR shutdown on August 24 from 10 am to 10pmare:HillRoad,Gandhi Nagar, Shankar Nagar, Corporation colony, Dandige layout, Trikoni park, Dharampeth extension, Dharampeth cement road, Daga layout, Mata Mandir Road, BhagwagharLayout,Shivaji nagar etc.
NMC and OCW has appealed citizens from above mentioned affected areas to co-operate and store sufficient water for their use in advance. Citizens also take a note that water supply through Tankers will also be not possible during and after shutdown in the affected areas.
For more information about water supply consumers can contact OCW Helpline No 1800 266 9899.