With concerns over urban water scarcity intensifying each summer, the revival of traditional wells in Thane is being positioned as a supplementary solution to ease pressure on the municipal supply system. Two such restored wells, equipped with reverse osmosis (RO) filtration units, were inaugurated on Monday in Lokmanya Nagar and Unnati Garden areas by Maharashtra Transport Minister Pratap Sarnaik.

The initiative is part of a broader plan to restore 46 defunct or contaminated wells across Thane and Mira-Bhayander. The project is backed by a dedicated corpus of Rs 50 crore sanctioned during the tenure of former Chief Minister Eknath Shinde.