Not a single drop of water to drink for 3,000 families in Gorai Village during the water crisis that hit Mumbai after Bengaluru

Mumbai Water Crisis: Following Bengaluru, Mumbai is now experiencing a severe water shortage as Gorai Village, which is under the BMC’s authority, hasn’t had water for the previous week. And as a result, more than 3,000 households in the community are going through their biggest crisis to date. To deal with the water problems, some people are paying outrageous sums for water from tankers, while other households are collecting tainted water from community wells.

These locals informed HT that the area’s water issue is not new and that, during the previous week, more than 5,000 of the village’s households were without access to water from the BMC.

Every month, villagers spend Rs 7,000 on a water tanker.
A few villagers described their experience, claiming that they had to pay more than Rs 7,000 a month for tanker water to meet their basic requirements. Others had to carry water in containers since the roads leading to their homes were too small for the tankers to pass through.

Villager Everat Manaji informed HT that she and her neighbors had stopped getting BMC water seven days before, and there was not enough water in their neighborhood well to suit their daily demands.

According to these impacted households, the cost of the water, including transportation fees, ranges from Rs 500 to Rs 850, and there is a waiting list.

Nashik is Affected by the Water Crisis
Aside from Gorai village in Mumbai, Nashik has had a water crisis in the last few days due to the district’s drought and the severely limited supply of water in newly constructed areas within the city boundaries. Due to a drinking water shortage, the municipality is having to send out tankers to give water to households in a number of districts.

Even though over eight tankers are making fifty rounds a day, there is now a shortage of water, and in the next few months, demand is predicted to soar.

It should be mentioned that Gangapur Dam supplies all of Nashik’s water needs. However, issues like population expansion and water diversion for irrigation have resolved the problem of water shortage, particularly in settlements like Adgaon, Chandshi, Nandur Naka, Adhalabad, and Gangapur village.

Pune’s Water Scarcity
Similar to Nashik, Pune is also experiencing a severe water shortage, with 795 hamlets depending on tankers for water delivery in many districts.

With 64 water tankers spread throughout 43 villages and 374 hamlets, Purandar taluka has the greatest water tanker use, according to information from the Zilla Parishad on Tuesday.