To tackle the water supply crisis that tags along with the summers, Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) is constructing a 2,500 mm (2.5-metre diameter) pipeline to lift water from the Khadakwasla dam. Previously in the year 2000, the civic body had constructed its first water-lifting line of 3,000 mm (3-metre diameter) from the dam to Parvati Water Purification Station. Work on the new line has already begun with an eye on the demand of 1,125 MLD (million litres a day) of water for citizens.

On its way: Work on installation of water-lifting pipeline underway near Khadakwasla dam. Pic/Sushant Sonone