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Water crisis could get worse

While the world debated the biggest crisis of all at Copenhagen - Climate Change, the State of Maharashtra got a huge blow from one of the problems related to Climate Change - scarcity of potable water. Chief minister Ashok Chavan made it clear last Friday that the State will not issue new connections to
owers/high-rise apartments and townships till the Middle Vaitarna project is completed (2012). This includes more than 1000 buildings.
The Middle Vaitarna project, which is estimated to cost Rs 1,329 crore, will supply 455 million litres daily of water to Mumbai by March 2012. While Construction Week India understands the background in which this dictat has been issued, it urges the State government to take strong measures to avoid a situation like this going ahead. These measures should include 1. recycling and reuse of water, 2. avoid wastage of water, 3.mandatory rain water harvesting for all new buildings in the state, 4.keep a vigilant eye on all water thefts and illegal connections while taking strict actions against those found guilty. At the same time, the government needs to ensure that all urban expansion and development plans must take into consideration the limited resources of the state and of the Capital particularly.
This is important in the wake of the fact that the CM has predicted the water crisis getting worse after July 15, 2010. The year 2009 has already witnessed one of the worst rain falls ever adding to the woes of the state and the country.

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