Gurugram’s water supply will be partially disrupted for 48 hours from 9 am on September 30 to 9 am on October 2 as the Gurugram Metropolitan Development Authority (GMDA) connects a new 1,500-mm pipeline near Almeda Chowk in Sector 71. More than 25 sectors, along with Badshahpur village, are expected to be affected.
The disruption will begin when water supply from the Sector 51 boosting station is stopped to allow the connection work. GMDA has advised residents and housing societies in the affected areas to use water carefully and store adequate quantities in advance.
According to the public notice issued by GMDA’s Infra-II division, supply will be affected in the areas from Sector 47 to Sector 51, from Sector 57 to Sector 75, and in Badshahpur village. The authority has said the supply will be restored after the work is completed at 9 am on October 2.
The pipeline work is linked to a new boosting station in Sector 72A, which GMDA has developed at an estimated cost of about Rs 200 crore. The station is being connected to the drinking water pipeline coming from the Chandu Budhera water treatment plant.
At present, the affected areas receive water from the Sector 51 boosting station. After the connection is completed, the supply arrangement will be shifted to the Sector 72A boosting station. GMDA executive engineer Abhinav Verma said the connection would be carried out on the 1,500-mm pipeline near Almeda Chowk in Sector 71.
The project is intended to improve water supply capacity for areas between Sector 58 and Sector 80. The planned shutdown is therefore part of an infrastructure transition rather than an unplanned breakdown, but residents may face pressure on household and society-level storage during the two-day interruption.
GMDA has asked residents to begin storing water from September 29, according to their requirements. The advisory is particularly relevant for large housing societies, where water demand is managed through underground reservoirs, overhead tanks and internal distribution systems. Any delay in restoration could affect these local storage arrangements, although the authority’s notice specifies 9 am on October 2 as the restoration time.
The notice places responsibility for advance preparation on residents and societies while the authority carries out the pipeline connection. The next scheduled milestone is the shutdown at 9 am on September 30, followed by the planned restoration of drinking water supply at 9 am on October 2.
