Water Crisis Deepens in Mumbai!
In response, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has taken strict measures. From Wednesday, the civic body has stopped water supply to construction sites and swimming pools. It has also announced a 20% cut in water supply to sports clubs, industrial units, and commercial establishments.
The BMC has also decided that no new water connections will be given for construction work until further orders. Plants manufacturing cold drinks and packaged drinking water will now receive water only for drinking purposes of their staff.
The civic administration has warned that strict action will be taken against anyone found wasting or misusing drinking water supplied by the municipality.
These steps were taken following instructions from the Maharashtra government's Water Resources Department. The BMC’s Hydraulic Engineering Department has issued a detailed circular with guidelines.
Currently, Mumbai and its suburbs need around 4,664 million litres of water per day, but they are receiving only about 4,100 million litres from all sources.
To manage the situation, the BMC had already imposed a 10% water cut from May 15. With the delayed monsoon, saving the remaining water has become a major challenge for the civic body.
According to the new circular, public toilets will have to use tanker or borewell water instead of municipal drinking water. Vehicles washing, garden watering, and road cleaning will also be allowed only with borewell or well water.
Major establishments like Central Railway, Western Railway, Navy, HPCL, and BPCL have been directed to reuse treated water from sewage treatment plants for non-drinking purposes.
The situation remains critical, and citizens have been urged to use water judiciously to avoid further restrictions.
