For over a month now, a housing society and a college in Goregaon have been receiving a nightmarish supply of contaminated water, but there seems to be no end in sight to this problem. The principal of the Patkar-Varde college and residents of Pagrav society have repeatedly complained to the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation ( BMC) regarding the black coloured, stinking water they have been receiving since March, but the civic body has barely paid any heed.

AK Bansal, the secretary of Pagrav society, said, "We had first written to BMC in March, after which the problem had been temporarily solved. But in April, we started getting black and foul- smelling water. We have to drain out the black water for almost 35 to 40 minutes, after which we start storing water in our tanks. But even the stored water has a foul odour and is not at all potable." BMC does precious little The housing society has been forced to rely on mineral water.