Nagpur’s water supply disruption extended beyond 60 hours on Thursday night after scheduled shutdown work at the Pench-IV Water Treatment Plant remained incomplete, affecting 20 command areas across the city as well as parts of Hudkeshwar-Narsala and Godhani gram panchayat.
The shutdown was originally planned for 36 hours, from 10am on October 6 to 10pm on October 7. It was required for two interconnection works on 1,400mm-diameter pipelines near Mankapur Nallah and the replacement of an inlet flow meter at the Omkar Nagar New Elevated Service Reservoir, or ESR.
The work is being carried out by the World Bank Division of the state Public Works Department. According to executive engineer Shrikant Waikar, the pipeline work involved shifting a line to facilitate interconnections for the Penchpur feeder. Although the shutdown was expected to end by 10pm on Wednesday, the work was extended, delaying the restoration of normal water supply.
The affected command areas include Nara, Nara NIT, Nari, Amrut Nari-1 and Amrut Nari-2, Jaripatka, Dhantoli, Laxmi Nagar New, Shri Nagar, Nalanda Nagar, Omkar Nagar Existing and Omkar Nagar Proposed. Amrut Omkar Nagar, Amrut Double Decker, Hudkeshwar, Sakkardara 1, Sakkardara 2, Sakkardara 3, Amrut Bidipeth and Amrut Balaji were also listed among the affected areas.
The disruption has also extended beyond the city’s municipal limits. Hudkeshwar-Narsala rural areas and Godhani gram panchayat were reported to be affected, widening the impact of the delayed restoration across connected urban and rural supply zones.
Residents in several localities remained without regular water supply as the extended shutdown continued. The incident highlights the dependence of multiple command areas on scheduled treatment-plant and transmission-line works, where delays at one facility can affect a large and geographically dispersed population.
Pench-IV’s shutdown was planned to complete both pipeline interconnection work and the inlet flow meter replacement within the scheduled window. However, the work had still not been completed by the time of the report, and officials had extended the shutdown. Restoration of regular supply will depend on completion of the pending work and the subsequent resumption of operations at the treatment plant.
