{"id":109068,"date":"2026-01-15T20:24:45","date_gmt":"2026-01-15T14:54:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.goakhabar.com\/?p=109068"},"modified":"2026-01-15T20:24:45","modified_gmt":"2026-01-15T14:54:45","slug":"there-is-huge-shortage-of-water-supply-in-goa-lop-yuri-alemao","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.goakhabar.com\/?p=109068","title":{"rendered":"There is huge shortage of water supply in Goa : LoP Yuri Alemao"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Goa Khabar : Leader of Opposition Yuri Alemao on Thursday said that despite repeated assurances by the Government that Goa would achieve 24\u00d77 piped drinking water, Government has failed to supply it.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>He was speaking during zero hour mention in the assembly session. \u201cThere is huge shortage of water supply in the state. Government boasted over \u2018Har Ghar Jal\u2019, but the situation today is different. Water is constitutional right. Everyone should get it,\u201d Alemao said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGoa\u2019s daily demand for treated water is estimated at around 645 MLD, but actual production and supply fall short by over 80\u201385 MLD. This deficit forces many households to survive on intermittent supply, relying on tankers to fill the gaps,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>He said that multiple supply disruptions are linked to ageing infrastructure and pipeline failures.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-109059\" src=\"https:\/\/goakhabar-com.preview.jikut.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/16.01.2026-1-234x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"234\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.goakhabar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/16.01.2026-1-234x300.jpg 234w, https:\/\/www.goakhabar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/16.01.2026-1.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 234px) 100vw, 234px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u201cPipeline bursts at Opa and Anjuna caused widespread outages as recently as June 2025, and required emergency repairs with restored supply only after delays. In addition, older pipeline networks have to be shut down regularly for repairs, compounding supply unpredictability. The lack of a real-time maintenance and monitoring system exacerbates outages,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn areas such as Mormugao taluka residents are forced to depend heavily on expensive private water tankers due to erratic piped supply. Government\u2010run tanker services are insufficient (8\u201310 trips per day), and private tanker prices rise sharply during supply crunches,\u201d he pointed out.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Town and Country Planning Department continues to clear high-density housing and tourism projects without concurrent assessments of water availability or infrastructure load, worsening shortages in areas like Panaji, Mormugao and Siolim. Government should conduct carrying capacity of the state,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Goa Khabar : Leader of Opposition Yuri Alemao on Thursday said that despite repeated assurances by the Government that Goa would achieve 24\u00d77 piped drinking water, Government has failed to supply it. He was speaking during zero hour mention in the assembly session. \u201cThere is huge shortage of water supply in the state. Government boasted [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25169,"featured_media":109071,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,155],"tags":[3794],"class_list":["post-109068","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-6","category-155","tag-featured"],"read":true,"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.goakhabar.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109068","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.goakhabar.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.goakhabar.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goakhabar.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/25169"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goakhabar.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=109068"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.goakhabar.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109068\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":109072,"href":"https:\/\/www.goakhabar.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109068\/revisions\/109072"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goakhabar.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/109071"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.goakhabar.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=109068"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goakhabar.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=109068"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goakhabar.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=109068"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}