South Mumbai faces 18-hour water cut as BMC works hit supply

The drinking water supply to five Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation BMC wards in the island city mdash A B C E and F South mdash was suspended from 10 am on Wednesday and the cut will be in force 4 pm on Thursday While the BMC issued an advisory to citizens to use water judiciously during these 18 hours citizen groups also appealed to residents to use water sparingly The suspension of the water supply prompted housing societies to turn to water tankers and conservation methodsWhy the water cutThe BMC is installing two butterfly valves mdash each with a diameter of 1500 mm mdash on the tunnel pipeline leading to the Bhandarwada Hill Reservoir The work is being carried out along Haji Bunder Road in Sewri in the F South ward Its objective is to streamline the water supply to the Bhandarwada Fossberry and Golanjee hill reservoirsAreas affected by water cut on Wednesday1 A WardP DrsquoMello Road Ramgad Slum Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus CSMT St George Hospital Government Dental College Reserve Bank of India RBI Naval Dockyard2 B Ward1 Umarkhadi Noorbaug Chinchbunder Valpakhadi Jail Road Ramchandra Bhatt Marg Anandrao Surve Marg Samantbhai Nanji Marg Dr Maheshwari Marg Keshavji Naik SVP Section Shayada Marg Flank Road Navroji Hill Tandel North Nishanpada Street2 Tandel Tantanpura Samuel Mohammed Umar Kokil Marg IMM YM Road Dontad Khadak Istayal Mohalla Dhobi Marg Sheriff Devji VV Chandan Dariyasthan Kazi Sayyad Sayyad Mukhri Issaji Narsinghnath Janjikar Raghunath Maharaj Old Bengalipura Bhandari Abhaychand Gandhi Marg Lokmanya Tilak Marg LT Road Nishanpada Masjid Bunder3 Imamwada IR Marg Mohammed Ali Memonwada Piru Galli Kambekar Nakhoda Kolsa Narayan Dhuru Abdul Rahman Street4 Nandlal Jani Marg Liladhar Shah Marg Danabunder Sant Tukaram Marg P DrsquoMello Marg Wadibunder5 Mumbai Port Trust Area3 E ward1 Mazgaon Koliwada Brahmadev Khod Marg Dargah Galli Barrister Nath Pai Marg Dilima Street Hospital Lane Church Lane Bakers Lane Nawab Tank Bridge Gunpowder Marg Nawa Nagar Dockyard Road2 Hathibaug Sheth Motishah Lane3 Mumbai Port Area4 Rambhau Bhogle Marg Veermata Jijabai Bhosale Udyan amp Zoo Ghodapdev Naka MHADA Complex Sheth Motishah Lane TB Kadam Marg Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar Marg Dr Mascarenhas Marg DP Wadi Kalachowki Nariyal Wadi Sant Savta Marg Champi Bhimji Marg AG Pawar Lane Veer Tanaji Malusare Marg5 Barrister Nath Pai Marg Modi Compound Atlas Mill Compound Ghodapdev Area6 Shivdas Chapshi Marg7 Darukhana Lakad Bunder Dargah Galli Quay StreetSuspended water supply on Thursday1 C WardBanyan Street Ismail Curtey Road SBUT Area Bora Bazaar Road Sardar Vallabhbhai Road Kazi Road Ali Umar Road Bapu Khote Marg Zham Road Masjid Road Chimna Butcher Road Mutton Road Dhabu Road and Pakmodia Street2 F South Ward1 Abhyudaya Nagar2 Sewri Wadala East3 Dr E Borges MargLow water pressure on Thursday1 E Ward1 Nesbit Road NM Joshi Marg Madanpura Badlupura Nagpada Sheikh Hafizuddin Marg Meghraj Shetty Marg Ganesh Hari Parundekar Marg Pais Road Musa Killedar Road Sophia Zubair Marg Dimtimkar Marg MA Marg Tankpakhadi Marg Clare Road BJ Marg KK Road2 Dimtimkar Marg Undriya Road Khandiya Road Temkar Road Sheikh Kamruddin Road Mastan Tank Marg Tank Road Kazipura Duncan Marg JJ Road3 Mhatarpakhadi Marg St Maryrsquos Marg Nesbit Marg Tadwadi Railway Complex Shivdas Chapsey Marg4 MS Ali Marg Bellasis Marg Kamathipura SP Marg Shuklaji Road Manaji Rajuji Marg Agripada5 Dattaram Lad Marg Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar Marg Bhai Bal Mukund Marg Kalachowki Chinchpokli TB Kadam Marg6 JJ Hospital7 Kasturba Hospital8 Nair HospitalOther affected areas1 Lalbaug Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar Marg Chivda Galli Dr SS Rao Marg Dattaram Lad Marg Jijibhoy Galli Mahadev Palav Marg Sane Guruji Marg Gas Company Galli2 Dadar Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar Marg Jagannath Bhatankar Marg BJ Deorukhkar Marg Govindji Keni Marg Hindmata3 Jerbai Wadia Marg Spring Mill Chawl GD Ambekar Marg Govindji Keni Marg Shete Market Bhoiwada Gaon Haffkine Institute4 GD Ambekar Marg to 50 Tenements Eknath Ghadi Marg Parel Gaon Marg Nanabhai Parelkar Marg Bhagwanrao Parelkar Marg Vijaykumar Walimbe Marg SP Compound in some areas5 Acharya Donde Marg TJ Road Zakaria Bunder Marg Sewri Cross Road6 Sewri Fort Road Gadi Adda Sewri Koliwada7 Parshuram Nagar Jijamata Nagar Ambewadi partial area Saibaba Marg Mint Colony Ram Tekdi8 KEM Hospital Tata Hospital Jerbai Wadia Hospital MGM HospitalResidents speakCynthia DrsquoMello Colaba residentlsquoWater cuts are problematic for those with large families Not everyone can afford to order tanker water In my case I have had water stored up for few days as I live by myselfrsquoSachin Padwal Shiv Sena UBT corporator from SewrilsquoIn my ward most buildings donrsquot have largecapacity storage tanks so calling tankers would be futile We issued an advisory to residents to store water and everyone has done sorsquoDetails of the water cutThe water supply to certain areas in the A B C E and F South wards will remain suspended while other areas will experience water supply at reduced pressure