nAVI MUM to face 10% water cut as city dam stock depletes
Navi mumbai, May 23 -- In a major pre-monsoon conservation measure, the Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation (NMMC) on Friday announced a 10% water cut across the city from Monday as water stock in the Morbe dam, the city's main drinking water source, has dropped below 20%.
The civic body has also announced suspension of evening water supply twice a week in different nodes.
The move will impact several parts of Navi Mumbai along with CIDCO areas including Kharghar and Kamothe. Civic officials cited falling reservoir levels, rising summer temperatures, higher water consumption and uncertainty over monsoon conditions linked to El Nino and the Indian Ocean Dipole (IOD).
According to the NMMC, only 36.87 million cubic metres (MCM) of usable water stock remains in the Morbe dam against its total capacity of 190.89 MCM.
In a similar move, the Panvel Municipal Corporation (PMC) has announced 24-hour weekly water cuts from Monday after the Dehrang dam, the city's primary local reservoir, entered dead storage conditions. Nearly two lakh residents in the old Panvel area and nearby villages dependent on the reservoir will be affected by the rationing....
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