Residents of Navi Mumbai’s Dronagiri, JNPT, Ulwe, Kharghar, and a few other nodes and villages in the Hetawane water supply line will face water cuts on two consecutive days i.e January 5th and 6th. The development comes due to impending maintenance and repair work that is to be carried out on the supply line by the CIDCO. Notably, potable water in the Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation areas is supplied from the Morbe dam, MIDC, and CIDCO. CIDCO has appealed to the residents of the affected areas to store adequate water and use it judiciously during the period.
The decision came days after another water cut was announced in a few other NMMC areas such as Belapur, Nerul, Sanpada, Vashi, Ghansoli, Airoli, and others in the wake of repairing and maintenance work by the NMMC water supply department. Earlier, the Thane Municipal Corporation informed the residents of a 12-hour water supply interruption in certain parts that needed urgent repair work. Repairs were undertaken at the Katai Naka on Barbie gravity channel to the Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation which resulted in a 12-hour halt in water supply from MIDC in the Thane municipal areas. Areas like Diva, Mumbra, Kalwa, Rupadevi Pada, Kisan Nagar No. 2., and a few others were impacted by the water cut.