Mumbaikars curtail water use for Diwali safai after being sensitised to water shortage and impending 30 per cent cut
Post Diwali
"Karze ki khushiya bana rahein hai," said a senior official from BMC's water department.
"If we calculate the water stock with the 15 per cent cut, it is likely to last till next May, but with a 30 per cent cut, it will last till mid-July.
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We will finalise the cut only after Diwali." An official said that it would be wise to check the amount of water citizens use for Diwali cleaning.
Owing to the bad rains, BMC has implemented the 15 per cent cut since August. Pramod Charankar, deputy municipal commissioner, said, "The heavy downpour this month didn't help much."
Did you know?
The city's water demand goes up by 8-10 crore litres every year, which is equal to water in 40 Olympic-size swimming pools
Presently, the city receives u00a0328-crore litres a day (1,312 Olympic-size swimming pools) against the demand of 420-crore litres of water (1,680 Olympic-size swimming pools).
(Above figures have been calculated on basis of 25 lakh litres is equal to 1 swimming pool)
Water Projects
Water projects like the Middle Vaitarna Water Supply Project, which will provide an additional 45.5 crore litres a day, will be completed in 2011.
Two other dams on the river Gargai and Pinjal will be ready by 2017 and 2021.
92-Cr litres
The amount of water Mumbai u00a0falls short of each day, equals to water in 383 Olympic-size swimming poolsu00a0
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