BMC Withdraws 13-Hour Water Cut In Mumbai On Wednesday, Check Details

The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) announced on Tuesday, May 27, that its planned maintenance work at Phase 1 of the Panjrapur water supply station has been cancelled due to adverse weather conditions.

BMC’s announcement followed as the southwest monsoon arrived in Mumbai on Monday, 16 days earlier than its usual timeline. Intense rainfall over the weekend caused severe waterlogging across the city, disrupting daily life.

“The work to be undertaken to commission a new pressure surge control tank (anti-surge vessel) at Phase No. 1 of the Panjrapur water supply station in the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation area has been cancelled due to adverse weather conditions and forecast rains,” the civic body said in a post on X.

The civic body earlier announced a 13-hour water cut on May 28 due to the work to commission a new surge control tank at Panjrapur pumping station in the Thane district. Residents were previously advised to prepare for a disruption in water supply from 9:45 a.m. to 10:45 p.m. on Wednesday. The civic body had urged citizens to make necessary arrangements in advance to avoid inconvenience.

However, with the cancellation of the planned work, water supply will now continue as per the regular schedule.

“Regular water supply will continue as scheduled in Mumbai’s city division, eastern suburbs, and from the Panjrapur center to Thane and Bhiwandi-Nizampur areas,” the BMC noted.

The Panjrapur pumping station supplies water to the Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai (MCGM) as well as the Thane and Bhiwandi-Nizampur civic bodies. If the work had been undertaken as planned, F, L, M, N, S, and T wards would have been affected.

Additionally, parts of Bhiwandi-Nizampur that receive water from Mumbai were expected to experience a 15% reduction in supply.

With the recent unprecedented rain in the last few days, Mumbai has broken a 107-year-old monthly rainfall record. Its Colaba weather station recorded 295 mm of rain in May, surpassing the previous record of 279.4 mm set in 1918 at the same station.