Despite water shortage, Mumbai consumes beyond BMC limit

While a considerable portion of Mumbai suffered acute water cuts, a section consumed water in excess of the limit (150 litre per person per day, or lppd) set by the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) in the financial year gone by.

Even as the BMC decreased supply by 15% during the year’s second half to compensate for deficient rains, the water bill for April 2009 to March 2010 (Rs915 crore) was Rs10 crore more than the year before (Rs905 crore)."This means that while the t…