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Nagpur: The Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) has taken a decision to aggressively fight it out in the Maharashtra Water Resources Regulatory Authority (MWRRA) to ensure there is no reduction in raw drinking water reservation. Jichkar, Datke, deputy mayor Deepraj Pardikar, standing committee chairman Sandip Jadhav, Mudgal, collector Sachin Kurwe, and officials of NMC and water resources department were present.Chairman of water works consultative committee Rajesh Ghodpage told TOI NMC will not allow MWRRA to reduce its raw drinking water reservation. NMC has to cater to the water needs of city’s over 25 lakh population. WRD had asked NMC to pay Rs85.45 crore for converting temporary reservation into permanent in 2005. “NMC’s reservation of 190 million meter cube (MMC) from Totladoh (Pench) reservoir is too old..