Vasai: Water supply across Vasai-Virar remained completely suspended on Thursday after heavy rain and gusty winds disrupted power supply to all three major water supply schemes serving the city.The disruption was caused by widespread power failures at key water treatment and pumping facilities following incessant rainfall over the past two days. The civic body said water supply will remain suspended until electricity is restored and pumping operations resume.According to the Vasai-Virar Municipal Corporation (VVMC), power supply to the Suryanagar Water Treatment Plant and Kavdasa Pumping Station was snapped around 6 am on Wednesday due to strong winds and heavy rain. Later the same night, electricity supply was also disrupted at the Maswan Pumping Station on the Surya dam-based old and new water supply schemes, as well as the Dhuktan Water Treatment Plant.The affected schemes together supply nearly 370 million litres of water per day (MLD) to the city. With all major pumping stations rendered non-operational due to the power outage, the city’s water distribution network came to a complete halt.Civic officials said water supply would be restored in phases once electricity is reinstated and pumping operations resume. The water supply department is in constant coordination with the Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Company Ltd (MSEDCL) and other agencies to restore normal operations at the earliest.MSEDCL officials said repair work on the damaged power infrastructure is under way on a war footing. However, restoration is expected to take some time due to the extent of damage caused by the storm.
