With the monsoon delayed and water levels at the vital Morbe dam plummeting to a critical 12.73 per cent, Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation (NMMC) Commissioner Dr Kailas Shinde, on Tuesday, rolled out a zero-tolerance blueprint designed to protect the satellite city’s fast-depleting reserves.

Car washing centres can no longer use potable municipal water, and the NMMC has ordered an immediate shutdown of the water supply to swimming pools. A 20 per cent water cut has been slapped on high-consumption institutions. Dr Shinde announced that civic teams will closely monitor housing societies to check wastage caused by overflowing water tankers and overhead storage tanks.