Kolkata Municipal Corporation

here in Kolkata water supply is more than sufficient. !! Rather I will say our people much more illiterate to misuse the water either at home or at street side tap. Here certain people are so much cheating , they can not resist to take out the Rs.30-50 plastic tap also !! so area sre supplying 24hrs water, that should be stop by municipality / corporation. time water is enough. rather that excess water can be supplied to some other area coverage !! slowly water also to be given certain amount free. beyond the same it should be good chargiable !!

What the KMC water supply department lacks comprehensively are enumerated below:
1. There is no mass awareness and education to the users about the actual cost of the water, the actual and assured quality of the water, and the water as received can be used directly without further treatment for the specified application. In the absence of this information, each user applies his wisdom and the economy aspect the lost sight of.
2. Leakages in the supply and distribution lines are not closely monitored and swift action not taken unless the leakage is very heavy.
3. Unauthorized tapping of water supply is not monitored. In the current age of technology, the department must request any one to report the unauthorized tapping and leakage and also permit them to upload any picture or video clip.
4. There is no campaign by the department for rain water harvesting, waste water recycling after treatment, and economical use of water, as well as no discouragement for using subsurface water which has already resulted in alarming lowering of ground water table.
5. In short, the department is not doing enough justice for its existence. It has not taken up any major programme for water conservation. It believes in liaises faire.

Dear Sirs/Madam:

Kolkata is never short of water supply. Mother Ganga has blessed us with plenty of water which other cities and towns can envy upon us. But the pathetic thing I would like to put on is that The people of Kolkata do not care for water the most precious gift the GOD has given us after Air. They waste the water like anything and the edible water the Kolkata Corporation is supplying us
is used for clearing the flats, houses, vehicles etc which they should NOT DO IT AT ANY COST. We spend money to get Water of Kinleys and Drinking Water but pay least importance to the Water supplied by KMC which costs them very high. Most of the revenue earned is spent on Water collection, Purification and transportation. When we walk along the street you can notice that water is just wasted into the drains and most the pipes do not have a tap or it is defective/stolen.

I feel some serious steps should be taken to stop this wastage of water and misuse of water. Shortage is always created by MAN ONLY AND MOTHER NATURE ALWAYS GIVES US EVERYTHING IN BOUNTY.

I have taken up this case with the KMC Officials on various occasions through emails and nobody is paying any serious attention to this. In African Countries one has to walk miles to get water and even in India in Rajasthan and some places in Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh people are struggling to get water and spend most of their time to get edible water.

KMC please wake up so also our Government Of West Bengal

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Dear Sirs/Madam:

In Kolkata Water is available in plenty,but, the management by the Corporation and the Public is worst in the Country. People just waste water which is the most precious things after air. Here the public use the edible water for clearing the cars and their building and the water just get wasted from the public taps which does not have cocks to close or are defective. I would kindly request the Corporation officials the make necessary arrangement to stop this public loss and money. It is high time that Corporation Officials make aware of this situation that is stopping the leakage and wastage of water. We the Kolkatans are really blessed by Mother Ganga for getting continuously supply of water. Dr.Sriraam Kolkata 9433274005

In general the KMC area (Behala west) I reside, there is no shortage of supply and it is much improved. But the wastage of drinking water through the roadside taps is enormous. Further more the drinking water supplied by tankers particularly to the bustee ares is not properly used by the people of the area. Some people store those drinking waters for bathing and washing clothes. Drinking water quantity per family to be restricted to avoid wastage. We cannot afford to waste water and electricity, it is crime.

I have to say at least in my area Ballygunge the water supply has definitely improved, it started improving from the time Mr. Subroto Mukherjee became the Mayor of KMC. But the water pressure is some what low. More over KMC should definitely try to conserve ground water by harvesting rain water and stopping water theft and wastage at public road side taps, usually used by non tax payers of Kolkata.