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Maha: Mumbai Water Tankers Association announces continuation of strike

Mumbai, Apr 12 (UNI) The Mumbai Water Tankers Association (MWTA) announced on Saturday that their ongoing indefinite stir will continue till the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) revokes its directive mandating licences for groundwater extraction.
On April 11 (Friday), the BMC had deferred the terms of its notification to the owners of borewells and ring well operators until June 15.
The decision to stay its notice until the next two months came along the heels of Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis’ decision to find a resolution for the concerns flagged by the water tanker drivers across Mumbai amidst burgeoning water crisis across the city.
However, the MWTA maintained that their strike is here to stay and will not be revoked, leaving the city mired with its ongoing water crisis.
As several pockets of the city reeled under a water crisis, Union Minister for Jal Shakti Ministry C R Patil also had on Friday convened a meeting with the representatives of the MWTA as well as the CGWA authorities, wherein the grievances of the tanker owners were discussed.
Following the meeting, minister Patil directed the CGWA to streamline the process of obtaining NOCs (no-objection certificates) and making the facility more accessible.
Even so, the MWTA representatives said that with the clauses of their demands remaining unfilled, they will not revoke their strike.
“We will not be cancelling our strike, and our services are still suspended. Despite our meeting, none of our demands have been met with. Until our demand clauses remain unfulfilled, we will not cancel our strike. Our services will also remain suspended until we have a meeting with the Chief Minister,” Ankur Sharma, spokesperson of the MWTA said.
In a notice issued by the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), the private ring well and borewell owners were asked to stop.
According to the Association, there are approximately 1,800 tankers in Mumbai that supply non-potable water sourced from wells and borewells.
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