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The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) is unlikely to lift the 15% water cuts in Mumbai on 30 April as planned due to repairs to a major water supply tunnel..
A source said the repairs would be completed by the end of April, but it would take a week for pressure to stabilise and a month to regularise supply..
He was referring to the complex nature of ongoing repairs in a major water supply tunnel (which was damaged when a Thane-based developer allegedly dug a borewell) and the BMC working hard to meet its promised deadline...
He added that after the water tunnel burst in Thane, the supply was diverted to the old defunct line, which would be diverted into the original system after the repairs are completed..
Repairing the punctured tunnel involves a series of complex activities from isolation, dewatering, lighting, ventilation, to appointing a contractual agency for the repairs and making alternate water conveyance facility to provide uninterrupted supply to the city...
