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Nashik: 42 tankers deployed to provide water in 100 villages

Nashik: The district administration has added 17 tankers to its existing fleet of 25 tankers for supplying drinking water to over 64,000 people in 100 villages and hamlets across Nashik .

Owing to rising mercury and depleting water levels, in little over two weeks, the number of tankers have gone up from 25 to 42, while the number of villages have increased from 57 to 100.



The situation in tribal areas is grim as people are forced to deal with the hilly terrains to get water from new sources after the wells in the villages have gone dry.

Thus, the district administration after evaluation has provided the water tankers in several remote places across 15 talukas of Nashik district.

“Drinking water is being provided via tankers to 62 villages and 38 hamlets,” an official from the scarcity branch of Nashik district collectorate said, adding that of the 42 tankers, 19 are owned by the government while the remaining 23 have been rented from private suppliers.

Among all the talukas, Yeola is worst-affected with 19 tankers pressed into service to provide water to 28 villages and 37 hamlets.

The district administration has also acquired 63 wells of which 12 are being used to refill the tankers supplying water to various villages. The remaining 51 wells have been acquired for villagers in that respective areas.

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