The Nashik Municipal Corporation has announced that there will be no water supply in the city on Tuesdays from January 26 due to marked reduction in the level of dams.
Only 30 per cent water is remaining in Gangapur, Kashyapi and Gautami dams, the main sources of water to the city. Therefore, from the next week there will be no water supply on Tuesdays, Mayor Ashok Murtadak said today.
He said that the irrigation department has written a letter saying that water level in these three dams has reduced.
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The remaining water now is to be utilised till next monsoon. Inadequate rainfall was reported during last monsoon. Besides, water was also released from the dams for the Kumbh mela and for agricultural purposes in Godavari canals.
Presently, the NMC is supplying water to the city only once a day, instead of two times, for past few months.
The irrigation department has also stressedthe need for fresh planning due to less stock in the district's 23 water reservoirs, Collector office sources said.
Meanwhile, the Mayor said that from next month water supply may be cut for two days in a week, and added that a meeting of corporators and block leaders of different political parties will be held soon to take stock of the situation.
