25 July,2009 08:17 AM IST | | Somita Pal
The rains have finally arrived but they are not going to bring you much respite from water cuts.
Though the BMC had reduced the water cut from 30 per cent to 15 per cent on Thursday, it has no plans to withdraw it. The cut imposed on swimming pools and construction sites will also continue.
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Santosh Korlekar, chief hydraulic engineer, BMC, said, "We are out of the crisis. We have water for the next 150 days. However, we had experienced water shortage at the end of this summer and don't want to take risks again."
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