Mumbai water supply disruption: 24-hour shutdown announced in H East, low-pressure supply in K South on Aug 11-12

On August 12, the entire H East Ward, including Santacruz East, Khar East and Bandra East, will continue to face a complete water supply shutdown. Representational Pic

The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) on Thursday announced a 24-hour disruption in water supply in parts of Mumbai.

It said that the K South and the entire H East ward from 10 am on Tuesday, August 11, to 10 am on Wednesday, August 12, to facilitate partial shutdown work on the 2,400-mm-diameter Vaitarna water pipeline.

According to the Mumbai civic body, the work is part of ongoing efforts to improve water supply infrastructure in the two wards.

H East to face complete shutdown, K South to receive low-pressure supply

During the shutdown, several areas in K South Ward will receive water at low pressure, while water supply in the entire H East Ward will remain completely suspended.

Residents in K South areas, including Kabir Nagar, Bamanwada, Parsiwada, the Airport area, Tarun Bharat Colony, Islampura, Deulwadi, Fish Market, Ghativada, Chakala and P&T Colony, will experience low-pressure water supply between 2 pm and 5.30 pm on August 11.

Similarly, Koldongri, Old Police Lane, Vijay Nagar (Sahar Road) and Mograpada will receive low-pressure water between 5 pm and 10 pm on the same day.

On August 12, Sahar Village, Sutar Pakhadi and the Cargo Complex will receive water at low pressure between 5 am and 8 am.

Meanwhile, the Domestic Airport, Hangar Staff Colony, Air India Colony, Santacruz East, Bandra Terminus and Bandra-Kurla Complex (BKC) will have no water supply throughout the shutdown period.

On August 12, the entire H East Ward, including Santacruz East, Khar East and Bandra East, will continue to face a complete water supply shutdown.

BMC advises residents to store water

The BMC has advised residents in the affected areas to store sufficient water in advance and use it sparingly during the disruption.

As a precaution, the civic body has also urged citizens to boil and filter drinking water for the next few days and cooperate with the municipal administration during the maintenance work.

Mumbai lake levels at 88.76 per cent as four reservoirs continue to overflow

Meanwhile, Mumbai's seven lakes, which supply drinking water to the city, collectively held 12,84,608 million litres of water, or 88.76 per cent of their total live storage capacity, as of 6 am on Thursday, August 6, according to the Hydraulic Engineer's Department at the Bhandup Master Control Centre.

The current stock stays higher than the same period last year, when the reservoirs contained 12,91,577 million litres (89.27 per cent). However, the lake levels remain significantly lower than 2024, when the lakes had 13,03,580 million litres, accounting for 90.07 per cent of the total live storage.

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Modak Sagar, Vihar and Tulsi remain full

Among the seven reservoirs, Modak Sagar, Vihar and Tulsi continued to remain at 100 per cent live storage, with Tansa at 99.42 per cent.

Middle Vaitarna was at 91.99 per cent, Bhatsa, the city's largest reservoir, was at 86.28 per cent, while Upper Vaitarna remained the lowest-filled lake at 78.83 per cent.