Mumbai: BMC Rolls Back Its Proposed 10% Water Cut After Maharashtra Govt Assures Supply

The state government has promised to supply water to the metropolis from its quota, so residents won't have to deal with a 10 per cent water cut for the time being, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) said. Due to low rainfall during the 2023 monsoon, reservoir levels were dropping, prompting the corporation to first propose the water cut. The reservoirs held 42.67 per cent of the water as of March 1.

The state irrigation department received a letter from the hydraulic engineering department of BMC, requesting a quota from the reserve water stock of the Upper Vai- tarna and Bhatsa dams.

A release said that the state had seen an active monsoon for the past two years until October 15, but that last October did not see any rainfall. As a result, the stock at the dams that supply the city with water is currently 5.58 per cent lower than it was the previous year.

After determining that the city's supply would be negatively impacted due to stocks and regular estimates of usage, a decision was made earlier to implement a 10 per cent water cut.

The irrigation department owns the Bhatsa and Vaitarana dams, but the state government promised to release water from their reserve stock.

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