The Hadapsar-Manjri regional office of the Pune Municipal Corporation has reportedly gone without drinking water for 15 days, even as residents across the civic ward continue to complain about irregular and allegedly contaminated water supply. The situation has forced municipal employees and citizens visiting the office to buy bottled water at their own expense, according to a report by Lokmat – Pune.
The regional office serves areas including Sasanenagar, Hadapsar village, Kale-Borate Nagar, Satavwadi and Gondhalenagar. Residents in these localities have reportedly complained that water does not arrive on schedule and that the quality of water supplied through taps is sometimes unsuitable for drinking.
The lack of drinking water has affected employees, support staff and visitors to the municipal office, where several departments operate. These include property tax, encroachment, birth and death registration, tree trimming and gardens, roads, chambers and drainage, solid waste management, pest control and property-related services.
The office premises also house an Aadhaar centre, drawing residents who require identity-related services. Women, young children, mothers with newborns, senior citizens and workers are among those who visit the facility for civic and administrative work. With no drinking water reportedly available on the premises, visitors and staff have had to purchase bottled water from outside for the past 15 days.
The reported disruption has raised questions about basic facility management within a municipal office responsible for addressing essential public services. It has also brought renewed attention to the wider water-supply complaints in the Hadapsar-Manjri area, where residents are seeking a more reliable and clean supply rather than temporary responses to individual complaints.
Lokmat – Pune reported that administrative officer Mahesh Khandare was contacted in connection with the issue. Khandare said he was responsible for administrative work on the third floor of the regional office and did not have a direct connection with problems on the ground, first or second floors.
That response has left questions about the allocation of responsibility for drinking-water facilities within the building and for resolving water-supply complaints across the ward. The report does not identify any immediate municipal order or announced timeline for restoring drinking water at the office.
Residents have demanded urgent action on both issues: the restoration of drinking-water facilities at the Hadapsar-Manjri regional office and permanent measures to address irregular and allegedly impure water supply in the surrounding areas. The next step expected from the civic administration is a response to the complaints and restoration of the office’s drinking-water arrangement.
