Overview
- The Mumbai Water Tanker Association suspended about 2,000–2,100 private tankers at midnight on Monday, cutting roughly 550 million litres per day of mostly non‑potable supply to the city.
- The stoppage forced housing societies to impose long daily water cuts, sent some offices home early, and produced roughly 20% shortfalls at key railway stations with coach‑washing suspended.
- After talks, Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis ordered district collectors to withdraw the notices and the MWTA called off the strike on Tuesday evening, with tankers back on the road by about 7:30 pm and written assurances promised.
- Operators say the walkout was prompted by new enforcement of Central Ground Water Authority rules that require NOCs, tamper‑proof flow meters with telemetry and minimum land‑parcel conditions that they call impractical in dense Mumbai.
- Civic authorities are pursuing administrative and technical reforms, including an OTP‑based booking system and a real‑time monitoring portal, but formal amendments to reconcile CGWA norms with Mumbai’s urban context remain pending while reservoir stocks sit near 13%.