03 May 2024  |   06:16am IST

Mayem, Bicholim constituencies suffer water outage for 17 hours Team Herald BICHOLIM: The Public Works Department (PWD) had an emergency shutdown of the water supply in Mayem and Bicholim constituencies on May 2 from 12 am to 5 pm. The water outage w

17 hours Team Herald

BICHOLIM:  The Public Works Department (PWD) had an emergency shutdown of the water supply in Mayem and Bicholim constituencies on May 2 from 12 am to 5 pm. The water outage was for 17 hours at a stretch.

The Public Works Department stated that the shutdown was necessary to conduct urgent repair work on a failed main valve (350mm) on the distribution main supplying potable water to the Mayem constituency. 

During this period, there was restricted water supply to the entire Mayem and Bicholim constituencies.