Ahmedabad water supply will be disrupted across parts of the city’s western suburbs on Monday, November 16, as civic engineering teams carry out pipeline shifting and repair work linked to road and drainage projects. Areas including Bopal, Ghuma, Sarkhej and Juhapura are expected to be affected.
According to a report by Divya Bhaskar, supply from the Jasapur Water Treatment Plant will be stopped after 8 am on November 16. The shutdown is required for work on a water network connected to the plant’s 200 million litres per day treatment system.
One part of the work involves replacing a damaged speed-road component near the 1,300-millimetre-diameter scour valve at Lilapur Lake, close to Lilapur village. The repair is associated with the construction work for a new speed road near the lake.
A second operation involves shifting a 750-millimetre-diameter mild-steel trunk water main near Amber Tower and Classic Home on the Sarkhej National Highway–Kadila Circle road. The line is reportedly obstructing drainage rehabilitation work on the route towards the APMC area.
The shutdown means residents and establishments in the affected western Ahmedabad areas may not receive their regular water supply after the stoppage begins. The report does not specify the exact duration of the maintenance and shifting operations.
Water supply is expected to resume on Tuesday, November 17, after the work is completed. The quantity supplied that day will depend on the water available to the system, according to the information attributed to the engineer handling the water project. Residents will therefore need to account for potentially reduced availability when the network is restored.
