Nearly 1,000 families in Vikhroli’s Kannamwar Nagar didn’t get municipal water on Friday after redevelopment work on a building in the area damaged a supply line. The residents said they were forced to buy water, which costs about Rs 3,500 for a tanker. Housing body Mhada said the pipeline has been fixed and the supply would be restored soon. 

The residents said their taps went dry on Thursday night. “This is festival season, we had no option but to order tankers. Who will pay for the tankers? How can anyone damage an underground water line? How can the developer not have a map of utilities?” wondered Shrikant Bhuchke, secretary of Rajmata Society. Mhada (Maharashtra housing and area development) has constructed the buildings at Kannamwar Nagar and has the details of the underground pipelines in the area.