Nashik’s water crisis came under sharp focus at the Nashik Municipal Corporation’s general body meeting, where corporators raised concerns over contaminated borewell water, irregular civic supply and leaking pipelines across several parts of the city. The complaints prompted demands for emergency tankers, pipeline repairs and faster construction of elevated water tanks.
Corporators Priyanka Donde and Kiran Gamne said residents in Dattanagar and adjoining areas of Ambad were receiving yellowish and contaminated water from borewells. They claimed that several residents, including children, had developed skin ailments and boils. The claims were made during the civic body meeting and were not independently confirmed in the report.
The corporators attributed the condition of local water sources to untreated industrial effluents and sought action against industries they held responsible for the alleged pollution. They also said inadequate and irregular supply from the municipal network was forcing residents to depend on borewell water.
For the affected areas, the corporators demanded regular municipal supply and at least 10 tankers as an immediate measure. The demand highlights the dependence on temporary water distribution when local network capacity or reliability falls short, particularly in neighbourhoods where residents are using groundwater as an alternative source.
Donde said an elevated water tank had already been approved for the area but that the project had been delayed because funds were unavailable. Nashik Municipal Corporation water supply superintendent engineer Ravindra Dharnkar said budget constraints had stalled the proposed tanks and assured the meeting that additional tankers would be deployed.
“Additional water tankers will be pressed into service. Construction of the proposed tanks could take nearly two years,” Dharnkar said. The timeline indicates that tanker deployment is being treated as an immediate response while the proposed storage infrastructure remains a longer-term measure.
Mayor Himgauri Aher directed the administration to ensure adequate tanker supply in the affected localities. She also assured corporators that funds for the proposed tanks would be considered. The report did not specify the estimated cost of the tanks, the proposed locations or the funding source under consideration.
Water supply concerns were also raised in Panchavati. BJP corporator Deepali Gite said pipelines had developed leaks at 11 locations in the division because of ongoing civic works. She sought immediate repairs and restoration of regular supply. Corporator Samadhan Deore separately flagged irregular supply in wards 10 and 11 and requested urgent corrective measures.
The issues raised at the meeting point to three separate but connected pressures on Nashik’s water system: reported quality concerns in groundwater sources, interruptions in the municipal network and leakage linked to civic works. The municipal administration’s immediate response is expected to focus on tanker deployment and pipeline repairs, while the proposed elevated tanks could take nearly two years to construct.
