Slug: Residents in a spotAurangabad: An open letter issued by the civic administration on Monday expressing concerns of disturbed water supply in the wake of dipping levels at Jayakwadi reservoir has ruffled many feathers among citizens.The letter states that the city was receiving water through the main gate of the dam from September 2018. “The live storage in the dam has reduced to 9.8 million litres (0.45%). In the next two-three days, the water levels will dip to dead storage. This will cause a reduction of 18 to 20% in the water supply to the city,” stated the letter.Executive engineer of Aurangbad Municpal Corporation’s ( AMC ) water works department stated that maintaining the pressure of water supply to city’s other areas like Hanuman Tekdi, Padegaon, Harsul, Cidco N-7, N-5, Chikalthana, Pundalik Nagar and Shivaji Nagar would be difficult. The official further appealed to residents to use water judiciously.Meanwhile, BJP’s corporators staged a dharna outside the AMC office on Tuesday to protest the irregular supply of water in their wards.Manisha Agarwal, resident of Pundalik Nagar, said that AMC was charging Rs 4,500 towards water tax annually but could not ensure proper supply at anytime of the year. “They were not able to supply us water during Diwali. Now, just ahead of the summers, they have wiggled out. The water tax should be reduced to Rs 1,800,” said Agarwal.Homemaker Latarani Pattebahadur from Cidco N-6 said that earlier, the civic body attributed the disturbed supply to technical snags. “During summers, we require more water and the AMC is already equipped with an excuse,” she said.Activist Rajendra Datey Patil expressed surprise over the agitation by the corporators. “The BJP should immediately begin work of laying the pipeline from Jayakwadi to Nakshatrawadi with the money allotted for the project,” said Patil.

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