Jaipur Water Crisis: As the groundwater level has gone down in the city, the demand for the water tanker has gone up by 10%, according to the Public Health and Engineering Department (PHED).

Jaipur Water Crisis Latest Update: After Bengaluru, now water crisis has hit Rajasthan’s Jaipur. The crisis in the city is also becoming worse as the temperature in the city is touching the 39°C mark. The heatwave in the city sparks concerns that water scarcity could further rise in the peak summer months ahead.

As the groundwater level has gone down in the city, the demand for the water tanker has gone up by 10%, according to the Public Health and Engineering Department (PHED).

A PHED official told TOI that everything was fine till the middle of April. However, the demand for water started increasing in the last one week, and they had to press tanker water services 10% more than what it was since March 1.

The official said the increase in the demand for tanker water in the city normally begins when the maximum temperature crosses the 40°C mark. In the meantime the MET department predicted that the maximum temperature in Jaipur would remain around 42°C next week.

A PHED engineer told TOI that the situation could further deteriorate in the coming week and added that they have given new connections to several new colonies and a few big residential complexes in the last one year.

He stated that even as the capacity of the transfer line from Bisalpur to Jaipur has been augmented, they are not being able to transfer water as per the demand because the level of water in Bisalpur Dam is below the average mark.

He added that the demand for water started increasing in the last one week, and they had to press tanker water services 10% more than what it was since March 1.

Keeping the water scarcity in the mind, the PHED so far transferred 512.09 MLD of water from Bisalpur Dam when the actual demand was higher, the official stated.

Jaipur’s Residents Express Concern

Residents in the city have expressed concern over the rising prices of the water tanker in the city in the wake of the water crisis.

A resident of Jhotwara said a water tanker generally costs Rs 800 in Jaipur and he purchased a tanker of water for Rs 1,000 yesterday. He added that it would not be surprising if they raise the cost to anywhere between Rs 2,200 and 2,500 per tanker as the temperature starts shooting up.

Another resident said he is facing challenges like salty water from a shabby dispenser while on poll duty and the municipality flagged the school after complaints were registered.