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“More than 30% of water supply goes down the drain,” he added.Mayor Balkar Sandhu confirmed they would reduce water supply for people just to reduce the burden on STPs. LUDHIANA: In the coming days, civic officials are planning to cut short water supply timings by two hours daily, just to reduce the burden on sewage treatment plants (STPs). He said in the morning and evening hours, people would get water supply from 5.30am to 9am and 5.30pm to 9pm, and in the afternoon from 12.30pm to 1.30pm. Though officials are tight-lipped over orders regarding this issue, unofficially they have asked tubewell operators to start reducing water supply in the coming days. However, earlier too, PPCB officials have asked MC officials several times to reduce water supply to residents to ensure the STPs function properly, but civic officials hardly bothered to comply with these orders.One of the civic officials claimed there were no written orders issued by MC authorities to cut short the supply timings, but unofficially, they had decided to do it by two hours..