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<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\nNoida: When RC Gupta turned on the taps at his home on Monday, there was no supply. It only resumed after 8pm. On Tuesday morning, the pressure was very low and water only trickled from the taps on the higher floors. Earlier on Sunday, there was a power failure in the sector and he was not able to pump water up into his overhead tank. Now, his home and the sector are reeling under an acute water crisis.With temperature hovering above 40 degrees Celsius, residents across several sectors in the city have been battling low water pressure and supply over the past two or three days. Pipe bursts, a dip in the groundwater table due to dewatering activities at construction sites, increased demand and recurring failures in pumping water from overhead reservoirs have only added to the problem. Residents from sectors 44, 71, 105, 117 and 122 said that stored-up water in these tanks has been drying up as well.\u201cThe water supply had stopped on Monday evening due to a supply pipeline burst in BHEL colony. Supply resumed at 8pm but the pressure has been very low,\u201c said RC Gupta. \u201cLast week, there was another pipeline burst and we had to suffer. Noida Authority is not maintaining the infrastructure at all. Ours is one of the older sectors and whenever there is a problem, they just make a quick fix. We are suffering from water crisis and unlike the last time when the Authority\u2019s tankers came to our rescue, no such arrangement is being made.\u201dRWA general secretary of the PK block in Sector 122 Bhushan Sharma said, \u201cThe water pressure has been very low and since there is no fixed schedule, we can\u2019t even store water in multiple buckets. Sometimes the water comes at 6pm, while on other days it comes at 7pm or later.\u201dIn Sector 117, RWA president Kosinder Yadav said people living on the higher floors are suffering the most. \u201cWe need to use a separate pump now to route water up to the flats. This has increased our water expenditure and our electricity bills are also going through the roof,\u201d said Yadav.<\/p>\n Water tank in Sector 71 faces frequent short supply<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n Residents in Sector 105 fear that water is being stolen from the nearby community tank. \u201cThere is no security guard at the water tank complex, no CCTV monitoring and inadequate lighting at night, creating an open invitation for anti-social elements to pump water out using illegal means,\u201d said the RWA president, Deepak Sharma.Sharma emphasised the abysmal state of cleanliness around the underground water tank, where garbage has accumulated and goes unchecked. \u201cThe presence of filth poses health risks, including the potential spread of diseases and a possibility of water contamination,\u201d he added.The collective voices of these RWAs underscore an urgent need for intervention from the Authority officials who are currently engaged in Census work.<\/div>\n![\"image0](\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/photo\/msid-131619337\/image0-11-jpeg.jpg\" "\\"Water")
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