India, April 24 -- Nearly 1.5 lakh residents of NIBM Annexe, Mohammadwadi and Undri are likely to get piped water supply by May 15, additional municipal commissioner Pavneet Kaur said on Thursday.

Pipeline infrastructure laying work is proceeding rapidly. Once completed, water will travel to the three overhead tanks installed opposite Dorabjee Mall, from where it will be supplied to the population through the pipeline network, Kaur said during a review meeting.

While giving progress updates, the contractor informed the additional commissioner that certain local elements with vested interests had repeatedly obstructed the work. Taking serious note of the issue, Kaur assured that she would personally oversee the project going forward and ...