Aurangabad: Upset with the poor quality of water being supplied to them, residents of Cidco N-7 ward, led by local corporators, stormed the N-7 water supply office on Tuesday.The residents had filled contaminated water in bottles and staged a demonstration outside the N-7 elevated storage reservoir. According to the protesters, houses from F 60/7 to 60/10 (Ram Mandir Chowk) and F1 to F20 in N-7 are not getting water through tap.Meanwhile, houses in F7 and F9 of the same area are receiving contaminated water for the last two months. “Our repeated representations to the Aurangabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) officials have fallen on deaf ears. When we call the officials concerned during water supply timings, they never answer the calls,” Kashinathrao Kokate, one of the residents, said.Municipal commissioner Nipun Vinayak is on a 10-day leave and additional commissioner was also not available. Subsequently, the residents spoke to water works engineer Ashok Padme who said that he will look into the issue in the next 8 days.However, social worker Ravi Patil said that Padme has been giving empty assurances for the last two months and has not been able to address the issues raised by the people.“After consuming contaminated water, cases of gastro have emerged in our area. If the matter is not resolved in the given time, we will resort to a sit-in agitation in front of the municipal corporation office,” Patil said.Parijat Nagar in Cidco N-4 received contaminated water again on Tuesday. The posh locality has been getting contaminated water for the past 8 months, but the AMC has not been able to identify the cause of contamination.Complaints of contaminated water supply have also come in from old city areas like Townhall, Buddi Lane and Katkat Gate.Shahar Parivartan Aghadi activist Rahul Ingle said that steps taken by municipal commissioner like setting up a war room for water supply and roping in water expert have not helped.“A tender of around Rs600 crore has been passed for installing closed-circuit television (CCTV) cameras and smart bus stops but there is no plan for safe water supply,” Ingle said.

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