PMC to set up alternative power supply system at Parvati WTP

To avoid water supply disruption due to power failure, the Pune Municipal Corporation will set up an alternative power supply system at the Parvati water purification centre which supplies water to more than 10 lakh people in the Katraj and Kothrud areas of Pune city. As mentioned in the city development plan 2041, Parvati Waterworks was commissioned in 1969 and is 54 years’ old so there is a need for replacement and augmentation of the waterworks While the PMC has already set up an express feeder line to all water treatment plants due to frequent power cuts, Parvati – one of the important WTPs in the city which supplies drinking water to more than 10 lakh residents of Katraj and Kothrud – is facing repeated power cuts due to bird hits. Ramdas Taru, superintendent engineer of the PMC water supply department, said, “In the Parvati WTP, we were facing power failure problems as birds were frequently hitting the overhead electrical wires. The new system will help avoid power failure problems and help provide continuous and regular water supply to the Katraj and Kothrud areas.