For the past eight days, residents of Lokhandwala and Oshiwara have been using packaged water not only for drinking, but even for bathing. That's not for any beauty treatment, but because they have been receiving contaminated tap water. Initially residents said they received muddy water, but now it is yellowish in colour, not clear and stinks. A few of them claimed children have fallen ill due to this and hence they have started to use packaged drinking water even for non-potable purposes. A Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) official said they are checking for leakages in the water pipeline.

Paying for water

The residents' are worried as they have to pay huge sums of money to by the packaged water that use for drinking, cooking and even bathing. Every day a household uses over 20 litres of it. While some residents claimed that receiving contaminated water is an issue every monsoon, this year it has lasted for a long time. Locals at DN Nagar, Andheri west also complained that they are getting almost half their normal water supply for the past eight days.