Jaipur: Around 600 residents in four colonies in the Siddharth Nagar area will go without PHED-supplied Bisalpur water for the next two to three days as the department switches the supply system to newly laid pipelines. The affected areas include Nandpuri, Chhatrasal Nagar, Ashok Vatika and Ganesh Vihar, where around 100-150 households are facing disruption during the ongoing interconnection work.The PHED has laid around 3,000-3,500 new water connections in the area. Residents, however, alleged that they were not informed about the planned interruption. Hari Prasad Gupta of Shyam Vatika said water was supplied through the new pipeline without informing residents who were still dependent on the old lines, while the pressure was too low for it to reach their homes.Executive engineer, PHED, Nandini Gupta said the department was interconnecting the newly laid pipelines with the existing network, resulting in a temporary stoppage of supply. She said 25 teams were deployed and the work would be completed within two to three days. “The low pressure is temporary and will improve once the interconnection is completed. This problem is beyond our control. We would provide tanker water supply where ever and when ever it is required during the affected period,” she said.Residents, however, raised questions on why PHED did not make them aware of this possible disruption as this was a planned work.The development comes after residents of Nandpuri’s Shyam Vatika, Chhatrasal Nagar and Siddharth Nagar complained of erratic supply, muddy water, low pressure and incomplete household connections. Several residents said they were forced to depend on private tankers costing Rs 350-550.In Shyam Vatika, Meena Chundavat said, “There is mud coming through the new pipeline, while there is no water in the old one. The tank does not fill unless the motor is switched on, and even then, it does not fill in an hour. We are receiving water bills, but the supply is still inadequate.”In Chhatrasal Nagar, Shambhu Dayal alleged that connections to five to six houses were left incomplete. “The road was dug up and left like that, and water is flowing onto the road. We have been telling the contractor to complete the connections for the past two to three months, but they have still not been done,” he said.In Siddharth Nagar’s G Block, Manju Chaturvedi said the new pipeline failed to resolve the problem. She said the pipe meant for her house was laid across the road but was too short to reach the house.
