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NASHIK: The mechanical department of the Nashik Munciipal Corporation (NMC) has proposed to revamp the water filtration plant at Satpur at an estimated cost of Rs 13.09 lakh. The plant has been operational for the last eight years and needs repair and maintenance at various levels. For the purpose, the mechanical department had prepared the proposal, which has been approved by the municipal commissioner. The proposal include repairing the building of phase II of the filtration plant, colouring it and constructing a compound wall for it, fitting mesh over the chambers, a pipeline for liquid alum and other important works. An engineer of the department said that the works related to buildings inside the filtration plant, cleaning up of water tanks, etc., will be done through a contractor by inviting tenders. "At present, there is only one pipeline for passing liquid alum for purifying water. If this pipeline gets chocked, then we will need to have another line as a standby as liq

NASHIK: The Nashik Municipal Corporation (NMC) on Monday announced that there would be no further water cuts, however they civic administration will continue with the existing water cuts. The decision was taken by city mayor, Yatin Wagh after a review of the water storage in Gangapur dam, by the officials from the NMC's water department. The dam is the main source of drinking water for the city. The NMC has already enforced 15-20 % water cuts with water supply once a day across all six divisions of NMC since February 19. This was done with an aim to avoid any water crisis in the future. Mayor Yatin Wagh said, "The period of water reservation for the Gangapur dam is from October 15, 2012 to July 15, 2013. The NMC's reservation in the Gangapur dam for the period is 3,600 million cubic feet (mcft). As of May 13, we have used 2,500 mcft of water in the dam and our remaining reservation is now 1,100 mcft. Around 770 mcft will be used by July 15, while the rest of the 330 mcf