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JAIPUR: Drinking water supply will be hit for the third day in a row here due to leakage in a scour valve near Surajpura filter plant at Bisalpur water transmission line. Supply was stopped in the city around 11am on Saturday and according to officials 70% of the residents will not get water on Monday morning.

Officials were busy repairing the pipeline till Sunday night. Subhanshu Dixit, superintendenting engineer of PHED at Bisalpur dam, said they were sure that by Monday evening supply would be restored. “The gasket of the pipeline broke due to which water started leaking. During our routine patrol in the area on Saturday, the leakage came into light and we immediately stopped supply and started repairs. We are sure that the matter will be resolved by Monday evening. However, on Monday morning, only 30% of Jaipur will get water,” Dixit added.

According to PHED officials, more than 50 lakh litres had been lost due to the leakage.

Water has not been supplied to citizens since Saturday morning, which is causing inconvenience to people. Meanwhile, private water tankers have increased their rates from Rs 250 to Rs 400 per tanker.

