India, Oct. 24 -- Navi Mumbai residents could see their daily water allowance reduced to 150 litres per person down from 200 litres, despite the Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation's (NMMC) general body rejecting formal water cuts on Friday. The civic administration also plans to reduce withdrawals from Morbe dam by 80 million litres per day (MLD), effectively tightening consumption even as elected representatives insist that household drinking-water supplies remain unaffected.

At a special general body meeting, municipal commissioner Dr Kailas Shinde said the civic body would regulate supply according to the prescribed norm and focus on curbing unnecessary consumption.

"The prescribed norm is 150 litres per person per day. The administra...