It’s easy to take water for granted and if your housing society is planning to purchase a water tanker to celebrate Holi, they would have to strike it off their wish list. Concerned with the water crisis in some parts of the state, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has decided to refrain from selling water tankers, potable or non-potable, to anyone this year during Holi.

Over the years, the trend of organising rain dances by ordering water tankers has become synonymous during Holi celebrations at housing societies in the city. But, this year Municipal Commissioner Sitaram Kunte and Mayor Sunil Prabhu have appealed to citizens to utilise lesser amount of water during the festival, which will be celebrated next Wednesday.