The Brihanmumbai Municipal Company (BMC) on Saturday introduced that there can be a 15 per cent water minimize throughout pockets of Mumbai metropolis over the weekend to facilitate restore works amid technical breakdown reported within the Pise pumping station’s present transformer. Water provide will even be disrupted in elements of Thane and Bhiwandi till Sunday, December 15, owing to the restore work.
The BMC has appealed to residents to make use of water judiciously in the course of the course of the water minimize.
In keeping with the civic physique, a sudden failure was reported in one of many present transformers positioned on the Pise energy substation early on Saturday. The malfunction triggered the breakdown of six of the 20 pumps working on the pumping station, nudging the BMC to provoke the restore works on a conflict footing.
The restoration work is slated to be undertaken between Saturday and Sunday, stated the BMC.
Pise Dam is a low water reservoir that shops and channelises water from the Bhatsa Lake, which is likely one of the seven lakes supplying water to Mumbai. The Pise reservoir additionally provides water to a number of industrial and residential pockets throughout Thane.
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