The disruption is part of a critical infrastructure initiative aimed at commissioning a new water channel originating from Amar Mahal. According to a report by The Indian Express, the shutdown is linked to a broader project to operationalise an underground water tunnel designed to enhance long-term supply efficiency across key zones of the city.
The project involves the construction of a tunnel with a diameter of 1,800 millimetres, which will connect Amar Mahal to Pratiksha Nagar in Wadala. This new link will further integrate with major supply points including Parel, the Trombay reservoir, and the Turbhe high-level reservoir. To facilitate this work, water flow through existing tunnels connected to the Turbhe high-level and low-level reservoirs will be temporarily halted.
The shutdown will impact multiple administrative wards and densely populated areas. In F/North Ward, localities such as Matunga, Sion, and Wadala will face disruption. F/South Ward, including Parel and Sewri, will also be affected, along with L Ward areas such as Kurla and Saki Naka. M/East Ward regions including Govandi and Mankhurd, M/West Ward areas such as Chembur, and N Ward localities including Ghatkopar and Vidyavihar will experience a complete suspension of water supply.
Additionally, specific neighbourhoods such as Pratiksha Nagar, Shastri Nagar, Sanjay Gandhi Nagar, Shanti Nagar, HM Road, KD Gaikwad Nagar, Wadala Truck Terminus, New Cuffe Parade, Almeida Complex, and both Sion East and West will be affected.
Several arterial roads and residential zones across F/South Ward, including Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar Marg, Dinshaw Petit Marg, Dr RS Ernest Borges Marg, Parmar Guruji Marg, Gokhale Marg, Dadasaheb Phalke Marg, Govindji Keni Marg, Jerbai Wadia Marg, BJ Devrukhkar Marg, St Paul Marg, St Xavier Marg, Khashaba Marg, Mahadev Palav Marg, Jijibhoy Lane, Acharya Donde Marg, Vitthal Chavan Marg, Jagannath Bhatankar Marg, Batliwala Galli, Chamar Bagh Marg, Aai Mai Merwanji Marg, Shirodkar Marg, Chivda Galli, Sane Guruji Marg, Anand Malvankar Marg, and Gas Company Galli, will remain without water during the shutdown.
In L Ward, the disruption will extend to Sable Nagar, Santoshi Mata Nagar, Krantinagar, Lokmanya Tilak Terminus, New Tilak Nagar, Qureshi Nagar, Hill Marg, Tadi Peth, Muktadevi Marg, Gavdevi Mandal, Dongar area, Patil Galli, Gulmohar Galli, Panchsheel Nagar, Nehru Nagar, Shiv Srishti Marg, Naik Nagar, Mother Dairy Marg, SG Barve Marg, Kurla East, Kedarnath Temple Road, Navre Bagh, Kamgar Nagar, Hanuman Nagar, Police Colony, Kurla Carshed, Railway Colony, Taxila Nagar, Chafe Galli, Rahul Nagar, Everard Nagar, Pan Bazar, Trimurti Marg, VN Purav Marg, Umarwadi Marg, Ali Dada Street, Swadeshi Mill Chawl, Chunabhatti Phatak, MHADA Colony, and Samarth Nagar.
M/East Ward areas including Lallubhai Complex, Kamla Raman Nagar, Raman Mama Nagar, Shivaji Nagar, Lotus Colony, Gautam Nagar, Gaikwad Nagar, Ayodhya Nagar, Vashi Naka, Mankhurd, Bainganwadi, Bharat Nagar, MHADA Buildings, Chita Camp, Sathe Nagar, Zakir Hussain Nagar, Deonar Village, Deonar Vasahat, New Bharat Nagar, Hashu Advani Nagar, Natwar Parekh Complex, Sahyadri Nagar, Vadhvali Village, BARC Vasahat, Dumping Supply, Rafiq Nagar, Mandala Village, New Mandala, Padma Nagar, Vishnu Nagar, LU Gadkari, RNA Park, Kukreja Buildings, Maharashtra Nagar, Indian Oil Nagar, BD Refinery Department at Patil Marg, and HPCL and BPCL areas will also be affected.
In M/West Ward, the shutdown will impact Maitri Park, Ghatla, Chembur Gaothan, Subhash Nagar, Laldongar, Siddharth Vasahat, Swastik Park, Postal Vasahat, WT Patel Marg, Mukti Nagar, Kashinath Patil Wadi, Santosh Nagar, Kelkar Wadi, Diamond Garden, Central Avenue Marg, NB Patil Marg, Janardhan Patil Marg, Ghatla Village, St Anthony Marg, Chandrodaya Society, SG Barve Marg, Charai Gaon, Borla Society, Chembur Camp, Sindhi Camp, Vijay Vihar, Suman Nagar, Bhakti Bhawan, Chikhal Wadi, Basant Park, Gandhi Bazar, Janata Bazar, Indira Nagar, Navjeevan Society, Golf Club area, Ram Tekdi, Tolaram Tower, Chembur Vasahat, Konkan Nagar, Ganesh Nagar, Vijay Nagar, Ashok Nagar, Annabhau Sathe Marg, Sindhi Society, Collectorate Vasahat, Maravali Church, RC Route, Mahul Village, Ambapada Village, Mysore Colony, Vashi Village, Vadavali, Sharad Nagar, Laxmi Nagar, Janta Nagar, Jijamata Nagar, Bhakti Park and surrounding buildings, Tilak Nagar, Sahakar Nagar, Vatsalatai Naik Nagar, Shramjeevi Nagar, PL Lokhande Marg, Ekta Mitra Mandal, Malekar Wadi, PY Thorat Marg, Ramabai Vasahat, Amir Bagh, Motilal Residential Association, Kadariya Nagar, Mahatma Phule Nagar, Ajanta Vasahat, Sahdeep Vasahat, Mukund Nagar, Punjabi Chawl, Nage Wadi, and Chheda Nagar.
N Ward will see disruption across Vidyavihar East and West, Chittaranjan Nagar, Rajawadi, Pant Nagar, Garodia Nagar, Laxmi Nagar, Best Vasahat, Naidu Vasahat, Ramabai Nagar, Kamraj Nagar, Vikhroli Village, Godrej Trees, parts of Ghatkopar West, Narayan Nagar, Mahatma Gandhi Marg, the Lal Bahadur Shastri Marg to NSS Marg to Shreyas Cinema stretch, Cama Galli, Kirol and Khalai Village, Parsi Wadi, Chirag Nagar, Mahendra Park, New Maneklal, Sarvodaya Hospital area, Jeevdaya Galli, Bhim Nagar, Nityanand Nagar, Pawar Chawl, Patidar Wadi, Gangawadi, and Barot Wadi.
The civic administration has issued an advisory urging residents in all affected areas to store adequate water in advance and ensure careful usage during the shutdown period. Authorities have emphasised that the temporary inconvenience is necessary to strengthen Mumbai’s long-term water supply network and significantly improve distribution efficiency across critical urban zones.
The large-scale infrastructure upgrade reflects a strategic effort by the municipal administration to modernise aging water systems and address the growing demands of one of India’s most densely populated metropolitan regions.
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