Mumbai: BMC Announces 15% Water Supply Cut In City, Suburbs, Thane, And Bhiwandi On Dec 15 Due To Transformer Failure At Pise Power Station

Mumbai: Due to the sudden failure of a transformer at Pise power station in the early hours of Saturday, Mumbai city, suburbs along with areas under Thane and Bhiwandi Municipal Corporation will face a 15% cut in water supply on Sunday, December 15.

The water cut began on Saturday, December 14, after the failure of the transformer. Six booster pumps out of the total 20 pumps operating at Pise Power Substation have been shut down and repair work is been carried out on an urgent basis, the BMC said.

The repair work is expected to be completed on Sunday. The municipal corporation has requested all citizens to cooperate and use water sparingly and carefully until the repair work at the pumping station is completed.

The Pise pumping station is one of the major nodal centres for water supply in Mumbai, which pumps water to the Golanji, Fosbery, Raoli and Bhandarwada reservoirs. The pumped water to reservoirs is then supplied to Mumbai and nearby areas.