Mumbaikars To Face 5% Water Cut From May 30, 10% From June 5

Mumbaikars will have to start using water judiciously as reservoirs supplying water to the city have only 10% of usable water stock.

The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation announced on Saturday they would be imposing a 5% water cut in the city from May 30, and a 10% water cut from June 5, as a precautionary measure to ensure the stock is used for as long as possible.

"The water cut will remain in force till satisfactory rainfall is received and the useful stock in the water bodies improves," the civic body said in a post on X.

The BMC said as of May 25, the stock in the dams supplying water to Mumbai was a total of 1,40,202 million litres. Only 9.69% of the water stock was available as against 14,47,363 million litres per annum requirement.

The BMC administration would be monitoring the situation and supply water in a planned manner, the post added. Appealing to Mumbaikars to exercise economy in water usage, the BMC said there was no reason to panic.

The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has predicted monsoon to arrive in time this year. The southwest monsoon has already arrived in the Andaman Islands and will reach Kerala by May 31.

Mumbaikars can expect the monsoons to arrive between June 10 and 11, the director of India Meteorological Department (IMD) in Mumbai, Sunil Kamble said, according to a report in Hindustan Times.