October 11, 2019
The BPT authorities were really troubled
The thieves had dug about six feet underground to reach the water pipeline. The
police suspect that the water mafia has made crores of rupees through this
racket. When asked how many litres of water were being stolen by this mafia on a
daily basis, a police source said, "They were supplying the water to about 1,000
slum dwellings. Even though slum dwellers pay for the water, the money goes to
the water mafia and not BMC.
About 1,000 families living in the Kavla Bunder
slum pocket get water daily from these pipes. They made 40 holes within a
distance of 50 feet, with each hole located at a distance of around one foot
from the next. The Sewri police has identified about 35 persons who are likely
to be booked and arrested in the case. But after I was posted here earlier this
year, I suspected something fishy was going on and decided to dig deep," added
Mr Trivedi. The slum dwellers in turn sell about 5,000 litres of water to
vessels and ships that come to the port.
The BPT authorities were really
troubled by this water mafia as they pay the BMC for this water." "The BEST had
complained to Sewri police in the past after which the illegal electricity used
to be cut off. Police sources also said that such a well-planned racket couldn’t
be operated for years without the consent of some corrupt authorities, including
policemen. Even if each was provided with 100 litres of water they were stealing
around 1 lakh litres of water every day.The Sewri police earlier this week
unearthed a water theft racket operating for an unknown number of years in
Central Mumbai.
The thieves had made 40 holes in a large BMC water pipeline,
which provides water to Bombay Port wholesale electric tap
Trust and passes through the Sewree area. As the water is sold cheap the sailors
buy it from them for drinking purposes. We have no idea for how many years this
water mafia has been operating. They then got 35 electric motors to pump this
water out from the pipe line using electricity stolen from BEST.
Senior police
inspector Rajendra Trivedi of Sewri police said, "We carried out the joint
operation along with officials from BPT and BEST
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