The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has urged residents in parts of Mumbai, the eastern suburbs and areas of Thane and Bhiwandi supplied by the civic body to boil and filter drinking water for the next seven days as a precautionary measure.

The advisory comes after repair work on Compartment No 2 of the Yewai balancing reservoir at the Pise-Panjrapur complex was completed. The compartment is scheduled to be commissioned on Wednesday, October 28.