Mumbai: 10% Water Cut in Bandra, Khar From February 27

The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) on Thursday, February 22, announced that water supply will be affected in some areas of Bandra and Khar West (H-West Ward) for 14 days.

The BMC's water department will be carrying out repair and rehabilitation works of the old water channel of the Pali Hill reservoir, which will cause low water supply and there will be 10 per cent water cut from Tuesday, February 27 to Monday, March 11.

The areas include Gazdar Bandh, Dilip Kumar Zone, Pali Mala Zone, Union Park Zone (Khar West), Dandpada, Kantwadi, Sherly Rajan and some areas of Bandra West, the BMC informed.

According to the civic body, the water supply will be reduced from February 27 to facilitate the rehabilitation and strengthening work of an old 600-mm inlet main line of the Pali Hill Reservoir, situated in the H/West ward. After Monday, March 11, full water supply will be resumed in the said areas of H-West ward.

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The BMC administration earnestly requests residents to co-operate and use water judiciously during this period.

Meanwhile, the BMC is still awaiting the IIT's report on the structural stability of the Malabar Hill Reservoir. Three members of the committee, who are residents of Malabar Hill, submitted part of the report in the first week of January, and there is no need to demolish it. A report was expected a month after the inspection, which was completed on December 18, 2023.

The BMC had planned to demolish and reconstruct the 143-year-old reservoir that supplies water to South Mumbai.

On the other hand, the BMC may announce water cuts in Mumbai in the coming days as the water reserves in the seven lakes that supply the city are depleting. According to reports, earlier this month the water storage in the seven lakes that supply water to Mumbai was around 49 per cent, the lowest in the last three years.

Last week, a report stated that Mumbai is on the verge of facing water scarcity due to dipping lake levels. Owing to this, there might be a 10% water cut in the city from March was out.