Overview
- Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation, which announced the cut on Tuesday, said it will reduce supply by 10% across the city starting May 15.
- Live storage in the seven reservoirs stands near 28–29%—about 4.16 lakh million litres—which officials said would run out by early July without curbs.
- The city has asked the state for 237 million cubic metres in carryover reserves—147 MCM from Bhatsa and 90 MCM from Vaitarna—to extend supplies to about August 17.
- Following Wednesday’s site checks in the western suburbs, senior officials tightened desilting oversight with daily progress tracking and kept 547 portable pumps on a May 5 readiness timeline to manage waterlogging.
- For residents, the cut will mean lower pressure and shorter supply windows, and the BMC urged conservation because daily demand of roughly 4,300–4,463 MLD exceeds the 3,950–4,100 MLD now delivered.