tmc unequal water distribution

Thane: The NCP has threatened to protest the TMC's skewed water distribution formula where it has left residents of Kalwa, Mumbra and Diva residents to face cuts for over three days while neighbouring Thane enjoys lesser curtailments. The development starved enclaves of Kalwa, Mumbra and Diva have been forced to go without water for over three days after the MIDC recently imposed 60-hour0-long cuts following directives from the state irrigation department.

Source - TOI - http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/thane/Unequal-water-distribution-by-TMC/articleshow/51316050.cms

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