Mumbai: Low pressure, air bubbles mean water woes continue
Updated On: 06 December, 2023 05:02 AM IST | Prajakta Kasale
BMC struggles to meet Western Suburbs’ regular supply levels despite 50-hour repair job
Residents of Nagardas Road in Andheri East scramble to fill up on tanker water on Tuesday. Pic/Uday Devrukhkar
A day after the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) repaired a major pipeline in the suburbs, residents were waiting for water on Tuesday, six days after the conduit was damaged in multiple spots at Andheri East due to Metro 6 work.
The BMC sent a letter to Delhi Metro Rail Corporation, director of Metro (MMRDA) and contractor Eagle Infra India Ltd, directing that the contractor pay water wastage and repair charges and a penalty worth Rs 1.33 crore in total immediately. Sanjay Mukherjee, director of Metro, MMRDA, did not respond to mid-day queries by press time.
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