Dirty picture of dry police lines pains its residents

Pune | Saturday | 14th July, 2018

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None of our problems are recognized by the authorities.Shaikh said, “Besides water supply, cleanliness and clogged drains have become a major concern for the residents of police lines. The supply was restored on Saturday for half-an-hour in low pressure, which was insufficient to complete our household chores.”Worse than slumsN D Naik, a resident of the police lines premises opposite Modern College, said, “Modern College has 24X7 water supply. Earlier, we used to get regular water supply and were able to manage but now water management is also getting difficult,” he said.His wife said, “The pressure of water from the overhead tanks is very low and we hardly get any water. We need 12 lakh litres of water daily.”“In the new buildings, the first two floors get water supply from the Pune Municipal Corporation , while the third and fourth floor residents get it from the overhead tanks. Only police lines face water problems..