MORE than half of the city faced a water shortage on Thursday evening as water supply was disrupted in several areas. Tens of thousands of residents were affected. Citizens faced problems in arranging potable water as well as water for daily household needs. Many residents had to depend on stored water or arrange water from tankers and other sources. The shortage also caused inconvenience to families that had not stored enough water in advance. The Jabalpur Municipal Corporation administration said tankers were deployed to supply drinking water in the affected areas. Water supply was affected after the electricity supply was shut down for maintenance work by the power distribution company.

 

The disruption affected the 120 MLD Ramanagara Water Treatment Plant, which supplies water to several parts of the city during the evening. Executive Engineer (Water) Kamlesh Shrivastava said water supply was affected in areas served by several highlevel tanks including Birla D h a r a m s h a l a , Medical, Tripuri, Gulaua, Wright Town, Rameshwaram, Manmohan Nagar, Lakshmipur, Kotwali, Motinala, Anand Nagar, Lema Garden, Sarvodaya Nagar, Madar Teresa, Bedinagar, Milk Scheme, Kilkari Garden and New Shobhapur. Likewise overheads under the Amrit scheme in Kongwa, Karmeta, Shivnagar, Amkhera, Ravindra Nagar, Suhagi, Khairi and Deotal were also affected. Shirivastava informed that normal water supply would be resumed from Friday morning. He said tanker supply was arranged in the affected areas. Water supply would be restored smoothly and more effectively after completion of the maintenance work.