Power utility snaps supply to private agency running Covid jumbo hospital, civic body stops water to 5 MSEDCL premises

THE PUNE Municipal Corporation (PMC) and Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Company Ltd (MSEDCL) were at loggerheads on Friday after the power utility discontinued supply to the office of the private company that built the infrastructure for the jumbo Covid hospital at College of Engineering Pune due to unpaid dues of Rs 6 lakh. The PMC hit back by discontinuing water supply to the five premises of MSEDCL.

The PMC has decided to restart the jumbo Covid hospital due to a surge in Covid-19 cases in the city. The hospital stopped patient admissions from January 15 after cases reduced even though the contract for the hospital was till February 6.