“The Bombay High Court took note of the above information and has directed that the said committee be reconstituted separately for PMC and PCMC and the committees shall attend to the complaints of the residents regarding water scarcity. The PMRDA has been directed to address the water problems faced by the residents coming under their jurisdiction,” said Satya Muley, lawyer representing 11 associations of residential societies.

As per the court direction, the committee would consist of municipal commissioner, divisional commissioner, chief city engineer and member secretary of District Legal Services Authority.

The committee is to consist of people who are actually involved in the redressal of the water problem faced by the residents of the affected areas.

Muley said he pointed out to the court that the same subject was dealt by the high court in 2016 when the suburban areas of Baner and Balewadi faced severe water problem and at that time the high court had imposed a stay on granting permissions for new constructions in the Pune Municipal Corporation area.

It was pointed out that in the current scenario, several housing societies across Pune district are facing severe water shortages and spend huge money to purchase water from private water tanker operators.

On November 29 and December 15 last year, the Bombay High Court had expressed serious concerns about the issue and also had warned of imposing fine on the respondents for their slow response.