The city needs to start saving water now as the civic body has decided to impose a 10 percent water cut, effective immediately. The supply time, too, will be cut by 15%. While the water supplied to the city every day is about 3,800 million litres, the BMC will now supply about 3,420 mld.

While civic officials waited for the festive season to end before announcing the cut, they said the situation is not as bad as it was back in 2015, which is why only a 10% water cut will be sufficient for now.