21 December,2009 07:31 AM IST | | Sanjeev Devasia
You better be, since BMC refuses to supply water from March
If you find suburban local trains with litter and splattered with pan stains in the months ahead, blame the BMC.
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Swadhin Kshatriya, BMC commissioner, announced on Thursday that the civic body would stop supplying non-potable water to the railways and other public undertakingsu00a0from March.
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This means that the railways will not have water to clean the coaches.
"The city is reeling under a severe water shortage. The railways should look for alternative sources of water," Kshatriya had said.
The announcement has understandably put both the Central and Western railways in a fix.
RAILS RANT: The railways will have to use water tankers if the BMC follows up on its decision to halt supply of non-potable water. |
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