The Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC) has restarted its crackdown on illegal water extraction, seizing motor pumps found connected to municipal pipelines taps. Recently, nearly 25 motor pumps were confiscated in the Pimple Nilekh area alone, after complaints that some residents were using electric motors to extract water at high pressure—leaving others with low or no water supply.

As summer intensifies, Pune is once again grappling with water scarcity. The residents of Pimpri Chinchwad from the last five years have been receiving an alternate-day water supply, and the water demand has surged significantly.