Reason: illegal use of booster (Tullu) water pumps in the city. Earlier, people used Tullu pumps only during summers to draw more drinking water from the pipelines.

Low pressure water supply was due to illegal installation of tullu pumps in nearby Shiv Apartments,” claimed OCW. OCW is receiving many complaints every day from the 10 zones.

The diarrhoea outbreak in Alipur Ariyan area of Patiala has claimed four lives, with 137 others falling ill, allegedly due to illegal water connections, the use of hydraulic ram water pumps and ...