For the second time in a span of two weeks, some Mumbaikars had to rely on tankers for water, as the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) imposed a 30-hour water cut from 10 am on May 5, affecting parts of South, Central, and Eastern Mumbai, to commission a new water tunnel. The water supply to the affected wards is likely to be restored by 4 pm on May 6. The civic body had previously carried out an 18-hour water cut on April 23.

The water tunnel project involves connecting a new tunnel from Amar Mahal (Hedgewar Udyan) in Chembur to Pratiksha Nagar in Sion, which further links to Parel, the Trombay reservoir, and the Turbhe high-level and low-level reservoirs.