India, May 25 -- While the Pune Municipal Corporation's (PMC's) move to provide water connections in the Undri-Mohammadwadi area has seen a significant response, it has also triggered controversy with residents objecting to a mandatory undertaking that bars housing societies from approaching courts in case of inadequate or disrupted water supply.

So far, 41 housing societies in the Undri-Mohammadwadi area have applied for water connections with 31 of these applications sanctioned and seven societies already receiving water supply. However, according to residents, the PMC's water supply department is compelling societies to submit an undertaking on a Rs.500 stamp paper signed by the chairman and secretary before granting water connections...