The Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation has ordered action against the agency responsible for cleaning civic water tanks after 48 of the city’s 244 tanks were not cleaned within the prescribed six-month period. The Standing Committee chairman has also directed an inquiry into the role of officials responsible for supervising the work.
The lapse affects a system that supplies water to more than 8 million people across Ahmedabad, according to a report by Gujarat Samachar Digital. Of the 244 municipal water tanks, 196 were cleaned within six months, while the remaining 48 missed the scheduled cleaning deadline.
The municipal response followed coverage by Gujarat Samachar Digital highlighting delays in the cleaning of the tanks. After the issue was raised, the Standing Committee chairman instructed officials to take action against the agency assigned to carry out the work and examine whether any officer or other responsible person contributed to the delay.
The inquiry is expected to examine why the cleaning schedule was not completed on time, whether the contracted agency met its obligations and whether municipal officials carried out timely monitoring. The report does not specify the names of the agency or officials facing scrutiny, nor does it state whether penalties or other disciplinary measures have already been imposed.
Regular cleaning of storage tanks is part of the operational chain through which treated water is stored and distributed within a city. In Ahmedabad’s case, the missed schedule raises questions about contract management, inspection systems and the ability of the civic administration to track maintenance across a large network of facilities. The immediate municipal instruction is focused on fixing responsibility for the delayed work.
The authority’s action also leaves a key operational question unresolved: when will the cleaning of all 48 delayed tanks be completed? The supplied report does not provide a completion date or details of any interim measures for the affected facilities. It also does not identify whether the delayed tanks are concentrated in particular parts of the city or distributed across different municipal zones.
The issue was discussed alongside other civic matters at the Standing Committee level. The chairman said the corporation was working to increase its use of solar and wind energy, with green energy currently accounting for 28% of AMC’s total electricity consumption. The stated target is to raise that share to 44% by December and reach 100% by 2028.
The committee also approved a bird-watching initiative at Kankaria Lakefront, under which the corporation will purchase binoculars and provide guided observation sessions through Kankaria Zoo staff during the winter season. Separately, the food department was instructed to check the quality of food sold at fafda-jalebi stalls during Dussehra and ensure that stallholders do not encroach on footpaths.
For the water-supply system, however, the next steps are the agency-level action, the inquiry into supervisory responsibility and the completion of cleaning at the 48 tanks that missed the six-month deadline.
