India, Jan. 14 -- After a five-day disruption affecting nearly half of the city, water supply in Gurugram is set to normalise on Wednesday, GMDA officials said on Tuesday evening. Welding work on the damaged master pipeline at the Chandu Budhera water treatment plant has been completed and sluice gates are being opened, a GMDA spokesperson said on Tuesday evening, adding that it would take eight to 12 hours for water to reach households.

The prolonged disruption forced residents across several sectors and colonies to rely on private tankers, with many housing societies saying they incurred heavy expenses to arrange emergency water supplies.

The spokesperson said teams have opened the sluice gates to resume water supply. The shortage beg...