India, July 7 -- The Gurugram Metropolitan Development Authority's (GMDA) plan to make the Sector 72 boosting station operational by the end of July has hit a roadblock after tests found around 20 major leaks in a master water pipeline laid in 2013-14, delaying commissioning of a key project meant to supply water to sectors 58 to 74, officials said.

According to a GMDA official aware of the matter, the authority tested the pipeline from the Chandu Budhera water treatment plant up to Krisumi Residences on Central Peripheral Road (CPR) and detected around 20 leaks. The matter has been taken up with Haryana Shahari Vikas Pradhikaran (HSVP), and higher authorities have been informed.

"The 18-km-long water pipeline was laid from 2013 onwards...