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MUMBAI: The civic body has announced a 100% water cut in some parts of the city on Wednesday. The 21-hour water cut will start at 7am on June 5 and continue into the early hours of Thursday, as the BMC plans to repair two 1,200mm valves and work on giving a cross-connection under a water supply tunnel project planned at Mahalaxmi Racecourse. This isolation of water main will affect Parel, Dadar, Mahim, Matunga (excluding Dharavi), Kasturaba Hospital, Nair Hospital, DurgaDevi Tank, M P Mill Compound, BDD Chawl (Parel), Worli BDD Chawl, Sir Pochkhanwala Road, Worli Koliwada, Worli dairy, and in D Ward in Tardeo, Tulsi Wadi and Nana Chowk. The BMC has already issued an advisory for citizens to save water, the day before. Source - http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/Brace-for-21-hour-water-cut-on-Wednesday/articleshow/20389267.cms?

MUMBAI: While the civic body declared on Friday that the city has been readied to face the impending monsoon, citizens and experts are sceptical about whether Mumbai will be prepared by June 7, the deadline to be rain-ready. Stormwater drain (SWD) department norms state that 4.45 lakh cubic metres of silt should be removed from drains before the monsoon. The BMC has said it has removed just 2.67 lakh cubic metres so far, or 60% of what is required. According to norms, the BMC should complete 70% of de-silting before the monsoon, 20% during the rains and 10% after the rains. On May 25, TOI had reported that the BMC had de-silted 50% of the major nullahs in the run-up to the monsoon. In addition, only 30% of the de-silting along the Mithi River's crucial 17.8km stretch had been completed. Just six days later, on Friday, the BMC announced that 73% of the city's drains and 60% of the Mithi River had been de-silted. One problem area pointed out by Mumbaikars is the Irla nullah, whi