Mumbai Water Shortage

Far from the gleaming high-rises of India's financial capital Mumbai, impoverished villages in areas supplying the megacity's water are running dry -- a crisis repeated across the country that experts say foreshadows terrifying problems.

With the level of lakes supplying water to Mumbai going down due to inadequate rainfall in their catchment areas, the city civic body has decided to impose a 10 per cent water cut starting July 1, officials said.

Every resident of Mumbai including those living in slums or buildings without Occupation Certificate (OC) will have access to drinking water from May 1, Maharashtra Environment Minister Aaditya Thackeray said on Tuesday.

Parts of Mumbai may face water cut by 10 to 15 per cent till June 14, the local civic body said Wednesday.

Gulf carrier Etihad Airways' jumbo Airbus A380 will be not be accorded the traditional water canon salute when it makes its debut landing in India at Mumbai's Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport on May 1 due to severe drought and massive water shortage in several parts of Maharashtra.

In view of severe water shortage in Mumbai's adjoining Thane, the district administration here has set up a round-the-clock control room and launched a toll free number to receive complaints against misuse or commercialisation of water.

A BJP legislator in Mumbai has written to the Brihanmumbai Municipal Commissioner (BMC) seeking a ban on "rain dance" functions in the metro during the festival of Holi.

A Navy vessel and an Air Force aircraft carrying nearly 1,000 tonnes of fresh water reached Male today as India mounted a major effort to help the Maldivian capital that is reeling from an acute shortage of drinking water after its lone desalination plant caught fire.

In Mumbai's iconic Shivaji Park, considered the nesting ground for icons like Sachin Tendulkar, cricket pitches are watered with clean treated drinking water every single day.

The farmer whose hunger strike provoked Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar to make a crass remark on drought-hit Maharashtra's water shortage, is shifting his protest today from Mumbai's Azad Maidan to outside the house of the Chief Minister, who is likely to make a statement in the Assembly on the incident today.

As Maharashtra faces its worst drought since 1972, calls for a 'dry holi' are growing. A fervent appeal came today from none other than superstar Amitabh Bachchan. The actor tweeted, "Water shortage in Maharashtra...And it's only March. What will happen in Summer? Save Water! Play a dry Holi!!"

There's bad news awaiting residents of Mumbai. With the monsoon playing truant, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has decided to impose 10 per cent water cut from July 1. The water department reached the conclusion only as a precautionary measure and officials said that they would review the situation on July 15 to see if the cut was to ...

Mumbai city will face a second day of water cuts today. The city residents who were affected yesterday complained that alternative means of water supply like water tankers were turning out to be extremely expensive. There will be no respite for the city anytime soon as the local civic body has taken up major repair work in order to augment water su...

Residents of south Mumbai and city suburbs will have to brace for a fresh phase of four-day water cuts starting today as the local civic body has taken up major repair work in order to augment water supply in the city.The water cuts, which will end on May 21, will vary from 25 per cent to 100 per cent depending on the area.The Brihanmumbai Municipa...

The ongoing water shortage in the city during the monsoon is beginning to have side effects. Water stored in buckets and tanks by households, seeking to tide over the 15 per cent water cut, is proving to be a breeding ground for mosquito larvae. For civic authorities, however, its a catch-22 situation -- neither can they ask people to stop stori...

Far from the gleaming high-rises of India's financial capital Mumbai, impoverished villages in areas supplying the megacity's water are running dry -- a crisis repeated across the country that experts say foreshadows terrifying problems.

With the level of lakes supplying water to Mumbai going down due to inadequate rainfall in their catchment areas, the city civic body has decided to impose a 10 per cent water cut starting July 1, officials said.

Every resident of Mumbai including those living in slums or buildings without Occupation Certificate (OC) will have access to drinking water from May 1, Maharashtra Environment Minister Aaditya Thackeray said on Tuesday.

Parts of Mumbai may face water cut by 10 to 15 per cent till June 14, the local civic body said Wednesday.

Gulf carrier Etihad Airways' jumbo Airbus A380 will be not be accorded the traditional water canon salute when it makes its debut landing in India at Mumbai's Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport on May 1 due to severe drought and massive water shortage in several parts of Maharashtra.

In view of severe water shortage in Mumbai's adjoining Thane, the district administration here has set up a round-the-clock control room and launched a toll free number to receive complaints against misuse or commercialisation of water.

A BJP legislator in Mumbai has written to the Brihanmumbai Municipal Commissioner (BMC) seeking a ban on "rain dance" functions in the metro during the festival of Holi.

A Navy vessel and an Air Force aircraft carrying nearly 1,000 tonnes of fresh water reached Male today as India mounted a major effort to help the Maldivian capital that is reeling from an acute shortage of drinking water after its lone desalination plant caught fire.

In Mumbai's iconic Shivaji Park, considered the nesting ground for icons like Sachin Tendulkar, cricket pitches are watered with clean treated drinking water every single day.

The farmer whose hunger strike provoked Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar to make a crass remark on drought-hit Maharashtra's water shortage, is shifting his protest today from Mumbai's Azad Maidan to outside the house of the Chief Minister, who is likely to make a statement in the Assembly on the incident today.

As Maharashtra faces its worst drought since 1972, calls for a 'dry holi' are growing. A fervent appeal came today from none other than superstar Amitabh Bachchan. The actor tweeted, "Water shortage in Maharashtra...And it's only March. What will happen in Summer? Save Water! Play a dry Holi!!"

There's bad news awaiting residents of Mumbai. With the monsoon playing truant, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has decided to impose 10 per cent water cut from July 1. The water department reached the conclusion only as a precautionary measure and officials said that they would review the situation on July 15 to see if the cut was to ...

Mumbai city will face a second day of water cuts today. The city residents who were affected yesterday complained that alternative means of water supply like water tankers were turning out to be extremely expensive. There will be no respite for the city anytime soon as the local civic body has taken up major repair work in order to augment water su...

Residents of south Mumbai and city suburbs will have to brace for a fresh phase of four-day water cuts starting today as the local civic body has taken up major repair work in order to augment water supply in the city.The water cuts, which will end on May 21, will vary from 25 per cent to 100 per cent depending on the area.The Brihanmumbai Municipa...

The ongoing water shortage in the city during the monsoon is beginning to have side effects. Water stored in buckets and tanks by households, seeking to tide over the 15 per cent water cut, is proving to be a breeding ground for mosquito larvae. For civic authorities, however, its a catch-22 situation -- neither can they ask people to stop stori...