The rains have not been as expected in Mumbai. Under duress, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has been talking of water cuts due to increasing demand. Amidst this, to help improve water supply in the future, the civic body will construct a new water tunnel that will carry water from the eastern suburbs to central Mumbai.

The BMC has asked the BEST for a plot at Pratiksha Nagar depot for the tunnel. File picture for representation