Bhubaneswar, May 11: The municipal corporation's door-to-door water supply eludes residents of several areas on the city outskirts with the temperature crossing 40°C.

Most of these areas, where residential colonies are coming up, are the worst affected. Areas such as Naharkanta, Pahal, Nakhara in ward No. 4, Chakeisiani, Simeigadia in ward No. 5, Patia, Palasuni at Lakshmisagar, Badagada, Dumduma, Bharatpur and some other places are facing the problem.

Local residents complained that the authorities had turned a deaf ear to their repeated pleas for water supply.

While pipe water connections have not yet reached many areas, lack of other development activities have also hit these places.

"We had visited various local offices of the public health engineering organisation for the past two years, but it has been of no use," said R.K. Biswal, president of the Khuakhai Kalyan Parishad.

Many retired government employees, businessmen and upper-middle class people are residing in ward No. 4, the largest ward of the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation. A resident said the ground water in the area had more iron content and was not suitable for drinking. They, therefore, have to depend on supply water.

After the public health engineering organisation was linked to the corporation, they had thought their plights would end, but it was of no use to them. "We even submitted our complaints on forums such as BMC app, BMC Facebook wall, the mayor's social network sites to draw the attention of the authorities. But nothing has happened yet," said local resident Ansuman Pattnayak.

Similar complaints from other parts of the city also pour in. The residents have to depend on the corporation's water supply through tankers or fetch it from the nearby stand posts (smaller water kiosks), built by the corporation.

However, the civic body authorities said they had been providing drinking water through water supply vehicles to the areas from where they got complaints of water scarcity.

"Our vehicles supply water to these areas twice daily. During summer, we try to cover all the areas where the non-availability of pipe water connections persists," said public relation officer Srimanta Mishra.

An official of the public health engineering organisation said they provided pipe water supply to the residential colonies. Besides, the vehicles also supply water to those areas from where water shortage is reported.

"In most of these areas, constructions of houses are done at patches. So it's hard for us to provide pipe water supply to households in those areas. Still we are considering to make arrangements for people residing in those areas," said a senior official.