MAPUSA
The Public Water Department (PWD) has rescheduled the water supply shutdown in Bardez and reduced the shutdown period to just two days instead of the five days planned earlier.
As per the new schedule, there will be no water supply from Dec 6 (Monday) to Dec 7 (Tuesday) in the taluka.
Also, parts of Bardez will be affected as Tivim and most parts of Aldona will receive water supply during the shutdown.
“Due to unavoidable circumstances, the proposed shutdown for the purpose of the interconnection of 1000 diameter conveying the main pipeline at Peddem, Mapusa due to widening of national highway is now rescheduled. Hence there will be restricted water supply to Bardez taluka from Dec 6 to Dec 7,” said a note issued by the Executive Engineer, PWD (WD-XVII).
The plans to shut down the Assonora Water Treatment plant have also been cancelled.
“The shutdown has been postponed for just two days and it will affect some parts of Bardez. We are not shutting down the Assonora treatment plant. We are shutting the 1000 diameter water pipeline which is going below the highway,” said Santosh Mhapne, Chief Engineer PWD (water supply).
He also said that the department will try its best to resume water supply by Tuesday which effectively means the water supply problem will last for a day.
