Even after the main water supply line for Mumbai was damaged twice in the same month at the same stretch, leading to major disruptions in the city’s water supply, the Thane Municipal Corporation (TMC) is yet to issue a notice to the contractor concerned. This is despite 15 days having passed after the second rupture at the pipeline.

Two leaks had occurred at a stretch of the pipeline at Kopri in Thane, within two metres of each other. The first instance was on March 3 and due to the resultant repair work, water supply was slashed by 10 per cent in the city between March 9 and March 11. The second leak was reported on March 30, and repair work on the 2.5 metre-diameter pipeline was carried out in the first week of April.