India, March 28 -- The Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) is enforcing water meters on citizens while failing to regulate water usage in its own establishments, with currently only two centres having the smart card-based 'automatic water refilling system' that was first introduced by the civic body at the Yerawada water tanker refilling station/centre 16 years ago in 2009. The remaining water tanker refilling centres continue to waste lakhs of litres of water due to overflow which is also damaging the roads and creating potholes in them. This, as residents of areas such as Keshav Nagar, Sade Satra Nali, Manjari Budruk and Shewalewadi continue to grapple with severe water shortage.

Most housing societies in the newly-merged villages on the ...