[Resolved]  Mhada — Contaminated Water Supply

Address:

Mumbai City, Maharashtra

To
The Muncipal Commissioner of Greater Mumbai,

Dear Sir/Madam,

I wish to bring to you kind notice that we residents of Nehru Nagar, Kurla East, have been receiving contaminated water supply fro last 1 month. The water coming in our water tanks is full of insects and insect waste and muddy.

I have personally fitted a cotton filter to the taps and in less than 3 hrs of running water every day the white cotton filters turn black and muddy with dirt. We are unable to use the water for drinking or cooking purpose. Many people in the area have fallen sick with diarrhea and jaundice and nos. are increasing day by day.

Small children and elderly people are the worst affected. I got information that the water supply to our water tanks is done by MHADA water tank but then I want to ask why MHADA is not taking responsibility to supply portable drinking water to us, and if they cannot supply then why we cannot get good quality BMC water in heart of Mumbai city.

If the resident of Kurla Nehru nagar are continously exposed to this dirty water, I am sure the dangerous germs floating in the water might start affecting the people in the brain and nervous system some day and this will be disastrous. Suppose an sole earning member of middle class family in locality falls ill to these deadly disease and get crippled for life who will feed the family then.

In interest of the society and its people, I earnestly request BMC to look into the situation which is ticking like a biological bomb can can explode any time now with patients turning up to hospitals in large nos. complaining of severe abdominal pain and distress.

If BMC officials wants to verify the seriousness of the above complain can come to residence and I will show them the filter samples I have preserved as a proof of comtaminated water being supplied to residents of Kurla east.

I remain

Regards
Sachin POTE
A resident of Nehru Nagar, Kurla East.
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