Mutha canal breach: Pune city escapes major disaster

Nearly 350 low-income and slum tenements of Janata Vasahat were inundated with water on Thursday morning after the Mutha right bank canal wall suffered a breach at around 10.30 am causing minor floods in the Dandekar bridge area. (HT PHOTO)

Updated on: Sep 30, 2018 3:26 PM IST

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Nearly 350 low-income and slum tenements of Janata Vasahat were inundated with water on Thursday morning after the Mutha right bank canal wall suffered a breach at around 10.30 am causing minor floods in the Dandekar bridge area. (HT PHOTO)

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On arrival, fire brigade officials used ropes and human chains to rescue around 100-150 people from the locality. People who had gone out to work rushed back home on receiving news of the floods. However, they were not allowed to reach their homes by the police as water continued to be discharged with force. (SANKET WANKHADE/HT PHOTO)

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Water sweeps into homes in Dandekar bridge area on Thursday morning catching residents completely unaware. (SANKET WANKHADE/HT PHOTO)

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Mutha canal breach saw water flood the area near Dandekar bridge on Thursday morning. The flooding resulted in 500 tenements being affected and at least 50 homes completely damaged. (SANKET WANKHADE/HT PHOTO)

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NCP leader Ajit Pawar meet affected people of Mutha canal burst near Dandekar bridge in Pune. (HT PHOTO)

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Citizens helped women residents cross the street that was flooded after a wall of Mutha canal collapsed near Dandekar bridge by using a rope on Thursday. (SANKET WANKHADE/HT PHOTO)

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Civic staff use loud speaker to alert people in the area. (SANKET WANKHADE/HT PHOTO)

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Although the irrigation department, Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) and the political leadership were well aware of the need for repairs on the numerous cracks and leakages in the Mutha right bank canal wall, the matter was neglected over the years. (SANKET WANKHADE/HT PHOTO)

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People distribute food to affected people of canal burst near Dandekar bridge in Pune. (HT PHOTO)

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“The force of the water was tremendous and it was not easy even to walk. We called the fire brigade, but they came quite late. Till then we had evacuated most of the people. At some places, we literally broke the tin roofs and pulled out people, as the doors were jammed by the debris,” Datta Kasbe, a local resident said. (HT PHOTO)

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Water flooded the area due to a breach in the wall of Mula canal near Janata Vasahat on Thursday. Authorities neglected the cracks and leakages developed in the canal wall over the years. (SANKET WANKHADE/HT PHOTO)

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Pune mayor Mukta Tilak faced the wrath of the area residents who expressed their anger at her even as the police and civic officials tried to diffuse the situation. (SANKET WANKHADE/HT PHOTO)

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Authorities shifted the affected families to Sane Guruji Smarak on Thursday. (SANKET WANKHADE/HT PHOTO)

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Although the irrigation department, Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) and the political leadership were well aware of the need for repairs on the numerous cracks and leakages in the Mutha right bank canal wall, the matter was neglected over the years. (SANKET WANKHADE/HT PHOTO)

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Residents of slum wade through waist-deep water after the area near Dandekar bridge was flooded due to the collapse of Mutha canal wall on Thursday. (SANKET WANKHADE/HT PHOTO)

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PMC city engineer Prashant Waghmare said, “Water supply will get affected for the next one or two days. Irrigation department and PMC are working together and the situation will get normalised soon. Areas dependent on Cantonment water works will not be able to get water.” PMC is currently accessing potable water from Khadakwasla dam. (SANKET WANKHADE/HT PHOTO)