Even at a time when the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) imposed 10 per cent water cut across the city, the civic body has failed to check Non-Revenue Water (NRW) which accounts to 27 per cent of total water supply.
10 years later, the civic body is still fighting the NRW while the percentage of loss jumped by 7 per cent.
Apart from waste through leakages, unauthorised connections and error in metering account for water wasted.
They don’t have workers in their leakage detection squad.
If leakages are detected and repaired in time, the issue of water scarcity can be addressed," said Rais Sheikh, group leader of Samajwadi Party.
"The BMC has detailed GPS mapping in Mulund and Bandra west which can help detect leakages.
Their aim was to map all pipelines in the city, but after 10 years they did it only for two wards."
"Shortage of manpower is the biggest challenge we are facing while dealing with the issue.
It’s difficult to attend the leakages if the road is made of concrete.
half the time the RTO doesn’t give permission due to heavy traffic," said the BMC officer.