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Brace for 21-hour water cut on Wednesday

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?

Existing water cuts to continue in Nashik

NASHIK: The Nashik Municipal Corporation (NMC) on Monday announced that there would be no further water cuts, however they civic administration will continue with the existing water cuts. The decision was taken by city mayor, Yatin Wagh after a review of the water storage in Gangapur dam, by the officials from the NMC's water department. The dam is the main source of drinking water for the city. The NMC has already enforced 15-20 % water cuts with water supply once a day across all six divisions of NMC since February 19. This was done with an aim to avoid any water crisis in the future. Mayor Yatin Wagh said, "The period of water reservation for the Gangapur dam is from October 15, 2012 to July 15, 2013. The NMC's reservation in the Gangapur dam for the period is 3,600 million cubic feet (mcft). As of May 13, we have used 2,500 mcft of water in the dam and our remaining reservation is now 1,100 mcft. Around 770 mcft will be used by July 15, while the rest of the 330 mcf