MUMBAI: That contamination of tap water in Mumbai has jumped two-fold in the last year, as shown by the State Public Health Laboratory in Pune, is not surprising. Even as the parched city is going through the worst crisis in decades, residents of several areas have been complaining to the BMC about the dirty water they are getting.
The city recorded over 1,500 cases of water contamination between June and December last year. In January and February alone, the civic body received more than 600 complaints. The worst-hit areas include Worli, Byculla, Marine Lines, Dockyard Road, Bandra and Dahisar.
Several housing societies are getting turbid, often putrid water in their taps. “For the last four days, we have been getting dirty water. We can’t stand the smell of it. Imagine taking a bath with the same water. We have been purchasing mineral water over the past few days for cooking and drinking,’’ said Samuel Daniel, a resident of Sardar Nagar, Koliwada.
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