NMC, OCW asked to solve complaints of contaminated drinking water

Nagpur: The Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) water works consultative committee directed the officials of water works department and private water operator Orange City Water Private Limited (OCW) to solve complaints of contaminated drinking water supply soon.
The committee, headed by Rajesh Ghodpage, held a review meeting with the officials of NMC and OCW at the NMC head office on Tuesday.
Executive engineer Sanjay Gaikwad, general managers of NESL PS Rajgire, DP Chitnis, OCW official KMP Singh, Rahul Kulkarni, Azizur Rehman and others were present.
NMC and OCW officials informed 39 complaints of contaminated drinking water supply received from nine zones.
One complaint received by Laxmi Nagar Zone, 8 by Dharampeth zone, two by Hanuman Nagar zone, 4 by Nehru Nagar zone, 3 by Gandhibagh zone, 5 by Satranjipura zone, 3 by Lakadganj zone, 5 by Ashi Nagar zone and 8 by Mangalwari zone.
Ghodpage directed the officials to solve all complaints within a period of two months.
"Identify reasons behind contamination of drinking water.
Proper planning should be done on priority basis if drinking water being contaminated due to infrastructure developmental works being executed on the roads in many places across the city," he said.
Ghodpage also directed the officials to increase revenue collection.
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Nagpur: Water pollution being caused by a hardware shop behind Priyadarshini Engineering College on Umred Road is playing havoc with the health of people of the locality.
The Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) on Monday served notice to Iqra Hardware and recovered a fine of Rs10,000 after finding pollutants being discharged by the firm in a nullah passing through the locality.
Confirming this, NMC’s zonal officer (health department) DE Rangari said that acting on a series of complaints, a team of NMC’s health department visited the area on Monday.
"After we found some chemicals being dumped in the nullah, we fined the firm Rs10,000 under Section 33A of the Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1974," said the NMC official.
Fed up with this problem, residents of the locality approached NMC’s health department.
But after the department ignored their complaints, they informed the police control room.
Police swung into action and this led the NMC’s health department to act.
TOI visited the locality and found that the nullah flowing through the locality was filled with coloured water that emanates just at the start of the hardware shop.
The hardware shop was closed when TOI visited the shop.