India, April 16 -- Water supply to the eastern suburbs and the eastern side of Mumbai city will be fully restored by Thursday morning, a civic official said. The supply was affected due to a four-hour electricity supply disruption to the Pise and Panjrapur water treatment plants, lasting from 8.20 pm on Tuesday to 12.50 am on Wednesday. The electricity supply was also lost briefly between 5.45 pm to 6.15 pm.

Describing the incident as "very rare", the official stated that electrical supply had never been disconnected for over four hours at a stretch. Because of this, the entire pumping system of approximately 18 water pumps was affected. These pumps were restored in phases till 3 am on Wednesday.

Water supply was affected across all the...