Mumbai's water cut is doubled as Tansa pipeline bursts again

Mumbai: Mumbai’s water problem has worsened again. Already reeling under an acute shortage, citizens will have to brace for deeper cuts in the next 24-36 hours.

The BMC has doubled the quantum of water cuts in this period following ruptures at two points in the Tansa mains on Thursday. 
This is the second time in 11 days that the pipeline has given way. On March 15, it had burst at Walpada in Bhiwandi taluka.

The 72-inch pipeline, which brings water from the Tansa reservoir on the outskirts of the city, was constructed 80 years ago. On Thursday, within five minutes, it burst at Kapurbawdi in Thane, at about noon, and then at Mulund.

Water gushed out from the damaged portions, flooding roads and entering homes in a repeat of sorts of the 26/7 deluge. BMC hydraulic department chief Vinay Deshpande estimated that 3 million litres were lost.