Water supply to be affected in parts of Kandivali on June 2 and 3: BMC

The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) on Friday announced that the water supply would be affected in some parts of Kandivali east on June 2 and 3 due to planned pipeline repair works.

In an official statement, the Mumbai civic body said that a temporary water supply shutdown in parts of Kandivali (East) under the R-South Ward due to essential pipeline connection and valve installation work.

The work will be carried out from 1:30 pm on Monday, 2 June 2025, until 7:30 am on Tuesday, 3 June 2025, it said.

The BMC said that the work involves connecting a new 900-mm diameter water pipeline and installing a valve of the same size at the Thakur Complex entrance, located near the Western Express Highway.

During this period, the water supply from the main pipeline will be completely shut down.

The following areas in the R-South Ward will be affected:

Thakur Village, Samata Nagar MHADA, Chikhalwadi, Janupada and Kandivali (East). These areas usually receive water between 6:25 pm and 8:25 pm, but there will be no water supply at all on 2 June, it said.

The BMC has requested residents in the affected area to store sufficient water in advance and use water sparingly during the shutdown period.

Mumbai water quality improves in 2024, but diarrhoea and cholera cases continue to rise, says Praja report

Meanwhile, earlier this month, a report released by Praja Foundation on Mumbai’s civic and environmental issues said that the water quality in the city has shown improvement in 2024 compared to 2020.

It said that only 107 samples out of the 32,877 tested across the city’s 25 wards were declared unfit for consumption last year. However, complaints registered in the Centralised Complaint Registration System (CCRS) rose from 1369 in 2020 to 2083 in 2024.

Surprisingly, despite this, the city has witnessed a sharp rise in diarrhoea and cholera cases (both water borne diseases) in 2023 compared to 2019, As per the report, diarrhoea cases increased by 19 per cent, from 93,671 in 2019 to 1,11,928 in 2023, while cholera cases rose by a staggering 114 per cent, from 11 to 114 during the same period. This has raised a key question: Why are waterborne disease cases increasing despite improved water quality? And why are more people complaining about water issues?

"Raising the same concerns, we recommend that the BMC collect more water samples, especially from areas with higher instances of contamination, to understand what is causing people to fall ill. So far, only 32,877 samples have been collected across 25 wards throughout the year. That’s around 1316 samples per ward annually, or roughly 109 samples per ward per month. This level of sampling is clearly insufficient, considering the rising diarrhoea and cholera cases citywide," said Mahesh Bhaskar, research associate at Praja Foundation.