Royal Palms residents in Goregaon are among the first to be affected by the implementation of a Union government guideline on water tankers. Over 15,000 locals have been living without water for the past four days as the Mumbai Water Tanker Association has stopped its services in their locality. See pics Photo/Satej Shinde
Updated On: 2023-02-13 12:03 PM IST
Tarabir Singh Kohli and his wife Ravjit Singh, residents of Royal Palms-I, pack up and leave, on Sunday. The locals of around 38 societies are now left to fend for themselves in the absence of water and are being forced to either pack and leave to stay with relatives or friends, or to spend a lot of money to buy water, food as well as disposable utensils
Kamal Gadhave, who resides in Royal Palms-I, has been buying mineral water every day to wash dishes. Members of the Mumbai Water Tanker Association told mid-day that the authorities have implemented a Central government guideline that was passed in September 2020
Residents of Royal Palms-I hold a meeting outside the building on Sunday. As per the rules, all users who abstract ground water and use it to supply water in bulk through private tankers will now mandatorily have to seek no-objection certificate (NOC) for ground water abstraction. These NOCs will be valid for 2 years
Around 15,000 residents living in 38 societies in Royal Palms have been facing a severe water crisis as tankers have stopped supplying water
Mid-day spoke to the Royal Palms residents who are facing the brunt. Kiran Paigankar, a local said, “We don’t even know what is wrong, but we have not had any water since February 9. Today is the fourth day that we didn’t get a single drop of water. We have been purchasing water bottles and jars from the market, which is costing us a bomb”
