Thane Municipal Corporation Cuts 130 Illegal Tap Connections In Diva-Mumbra, Dismantles RO Units And Tanks In Crackdown Drive

Thane: The Thane Municipal Corporation (TMC) has initiated a special drive for disconnecting illegal tap connections including residential and commercial across the city and cut off a total of 130 illegal tap connections in the city on Friday.

A TMC official said that on the first day of the drive, a total of 44 tap connections were cut off; on the second day, a total of 29 tap connections were cut off; and on the third day (Friday), a total of 57 tap connections were cut off, along with the dismantling of two unauthorized RO projects and five tanks in Diva-Mumbra.

According to the TMC officials, the water department has registered two FIRs against the responsible person who allegedly connected taps in an illegal manner.

An official said that during the drive, it was learned that four illegal commercial tap connections and 15 illegal residential tap connections in an illegal manner. Follwing this, they were cut off them between Kalyan Phata and the Y Junction area. A total of 34 illegal tap connections were cut off in the Y Junction to Mumbra area, four illegal tap connections, one unauthorized tanker filling station, and two RO projects were dismantled in Agasan village. Two pumps were seized, five PV tanks were disconnected, and one brick tank structure was dismantled, informed Suburban Engineer Vinod Pawar.

TMC officials said that they formed a team based on ward-wise distribution across the TMC belt. The team's aim is to disconnect the unauthorized tap connections and remove the unauthorized filling stations. Action was taken by TMC officials in areas such as Mumbra, Diva, Agasan, Kalyan Phata to Y Junction, and Ramnagar Betwade.

TMC chief Saurabh Rao directed the water department officials to take stringent action against unauthorized tap connection holders.