The Nagpur Municipal Corporation and Orange City Water have planned a 10 hours shutdown of Kanhan-900 main pipeline from December 27 (Monday) night at 10 pm to December 28 (Tuesday) at 7am . Following this shutdown, water supply in 9 ESR’s of Aashi Nagar and Satranjipura Zone remained affected on December 28 (Tuesday).
During 10 -hours shutdown technical work on Kanhan -900 feeder line:
1. Leakage Repairing on 900mm Feeder main near automotive sq
2. Leakage Repairing on 700mm Binaki Feeder at Binaki ESR
3. Leakage Repairing on 300mm Bezonbagh Branch Feeder.
4. 1 suspected leakage near N-Kumar resort (near khairi resort)
It may be mentioned here, after completion of technical work, it will take a few more hours to clear the air trapping and restore the flow at ESR’s inlet & the actual water supply in the affected areas, will resume after a few hours of shutdown completion.
As shutdown is needed to save potable water & reduce non-revenue water (NRW), NMC & OCW has appealed citizens from above-mentioned affected areas to co-operate and store sufficient water for their use in advance.
Following this 10 -hours shutdown, water supply in almost 9 ESR’s from 2 zones of Satranjipura & Aasinagar zone shall remain affected. Further as 28 ESR’s will remain empty, water supply through Tankers will also be not possible during and after shutdown in affected areas.
9 ESR (Overhead water Tanks) to remain affected during shutdown are:
AshiNagar Zone : Bezonbagh ESR , Binaki -Existing , Binaki-1&2 , Indora-1&2, Bazonbagh, Gamdoor DT, A
Satranjipura Zone: Bastarwadi-1 , 2A & 2B ,Shanti Nagar ESR, Wanjari (Vinoba Bhave Nagar) , Itabhatti Square DT,
Citizens are requested to take a note that during and after shutdown at Kanhan WTP, Water supply through Tankers will also be not possible in the affected areas. NMC & OCW has appealed citizens from above-mentioned affected areas to co-operate and store sufficient water for their use in advance.
