chandigarh for the past two months sector8 resident gursewak singh brar has not received a regular supply of tertiary treated water for his garden even though he has paid many visits to the municipal corporation office it took him a month of struggle to just secure the connection after the mc made it mandatory the ordeal continues since he used to receive the supply only once a week this after paying the mc rs 200 in addition to his regular monthly water bill similar is the case of bhupinder sandhu of sector 27 who got her supply of treated water only once a fortnight many of her neighbours in sector 8 have a similar complaint she said as president of the resident welfare association of my sector i raised the matter with the civic authorities but it didnt helpfoswac federation of sector welfare associations of chandigarh secretary r s gill who is also from sector 8 said that the water being supply to his house carries a foul odour due to which he avoids watering his lawns with it he said he had raised the issue with the area councillor as well but no action had been taken on the complaint just like these three residents many people from sectors 4 8 27 and 33 as well reported irregular supply of tertiary treated water and other issued associated with itone of them said if getting the connection was not enough struggle and now we have to deal with even irregular supply he complained that whenever we receive the supply the water is so stinking that we avoid using it when the municipal corporation cannot afford to provide us with the facility why did it impose the tertiarywater rule on us and asked us to install the connections that do not have any supplyconfronted mayor davesh moudgil agreed that the municipal corporation had received complaints of foul smell from the tertiary treated water being supplied to big homes asked about the reason he said the civic authorities have installed antibacterial treatment units over underground reservoirs there might be some breakdown in those units due to which the supply was interrupted and the water started smelling foullast year the mc instructed the residents of all house over 1 kanal in the city to buy tertiary treated water connections till september 17 2017 for watering their big lawns this was to conserve the fresh water in 1991 the chandigarh mc initiated the supply of tertiary water from the diggian sewage treatment plant stp later it supplied that water for the nonpotable usage such as carwash and the irrigation of gardens green belts and lawns under the bylaws the use of tertiary treated is mandatory for all houses of 1 kanal and bigger areathe stp located at 3 base repair deport of the air force cleans recycled water with blowers to circulate it back into the system no chemical is used for the cleaning even though there is provision for adding chlorine to the