Attention Mumbaikars! Water supply to remain disrupted till 5 March in Mumbai and neighbouring areas. Details here
Mumbai: Fire at BMC's water pumping station impacts water supply in THESE areas However, the BMC informed that two transformers and 15 pumps have now become operational at the Pise Water Pumping Station. Eight out of 20 pumps were started by 4 am on Tuesday. The supply resumed at low pressure from the Golanji, Rawali, Fosberry, and Bhandarwada service reservoirs, and six more pumps were started by 11 am on the same day.
The BMC added that the third transformer is expected to be operational until 5 March 2024. Therefore, "from midnight today (27th February) to 5th March 2024, the entire Mumbai City, Western Suburbs & Eastern Suburbs will have a 15% cut in water supply," the BMC wrote on the X platform. There is also a 15 % reduction in water supply from Mumbai 2 and 3 water lines in Thane city, Bhiwandi, and outer division, it added.
The civic body administration wrote, "BMC administration regrets the inconvenience to the citizens as the water supply is reduced due to this sudden incident". BMC spends 15.49L litres of water daily to wash roads as Mumbai braces for cuts It requested the citizens of Mumbai to use water "judiciously" during the period. Additionally, the Thane Municipal Corporation (TMC) has announced a 50% water reduction in the Thane area due to the same fire incident.
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