India Right To Information

You may be suffering through a 15% cut in supply as the BMC tries to save water for the impending dry months, but leaking pipes are bleeding whatever little stock of the precious liquid the civic body has. It may sound too bad to be true but the fact is that the BMC reported about three cases of burst or leaking pipes every day in 2009. A Right To Information (RTI) query has revealed that there were as many as 1,031 cases of pipes bursting or leaking in 2009, draining the city of millions of litres of water. "Around 20% of water supply is lost in the distribution network due to leaks and pilferage. The civic administration has been trying to solve this problem for years together but to no avail," said a hydraulic department official.

Labels: Maharashtra, Water

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