Mumbai Water
Mumbai’s current water stock is at its highest in four years. However, the civic body will still not be able to supply the extra water needed to reduce the city’s water deficit from the Middle Vaitarna project this year. Two components of the project – a tunnel and a water treatment plant, which are being [...] Continue Reading »
On Sunday, the water main attached to Upper Vaitarna has developed a 12-inch leak on its wall. As it is one of the main sources of water to the city, a 25% cut in the supply will be imposed on Fort, Marine Lines, Malabar Hill, Dadar, Parel, Bandra (east), (west) and Andheri (east), (west). The [...] Continue Reading »
Tanker Free Mumbai awareness about the availability and distribution of drinking water and to keep the tankers off the city streets. The actress Sonam Kapoor is set to join the campaign. The campaign “Tanker Free Mumbai”, intends to spread awareness about the amount of water which is adequately available for the city’s needs as per [...] Continue Reading »
The BMC has installed 147 flow meters around reservoirs, at a cost of Rs 80 crore, in order to measure the quantity and pressure of water supply.In a bid to tackle leaks and water wastage, the BMC has decided to hasten the process of installing flow meters in the city. 147 flow meters were installed [...] Continue Reading »
By a rough calculation made by the Mumbai civic authorities, at least one lakh million litres of water has gone down the drain this monsoon. If the rainwater harvesting and overflow of lake water could be arrested, the city could be able to get over 1,75,000 million litres of water. Despite last year’s severe shortage, [...] Continue Reading »
