Durgapur and Bankura run dry after sluice snag

Water supply to households and industries in Durgapur and Bankura, including four power plants, was severely affected on Sunday after the Durgapur barrage on the Damodar had run dry.

A sluice gate of the barrage had been twisted under high water pressure on Saturday, following which the barrage was emptied out.

Several residents of Durgapur and Bankura were compelled to buy packaged drinking water on Sunday as taps at homes or on roadsides were dry.

“The caretaker of our apartment informed me in the morning that the reservoir had ran dry and there had been no supply of water from the civic body since Saturday evening. So, I purchased packaged drinking water for domestic use,” said Gopal Mukherjee, a physician and a resident of Durgapur.