Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister and Urban Development Minister Eknath Shinde told the State Assembly on Wednesday that the BMC was gearing up to expedite completion of three major projects of constructing dams and linking rivers with the aim of overcoming the rapidly increasing water deficit of the metropolis.

The current water supply stands at around 3,800 million litres per day, much below the estimated requirement of 4,500 MLD to 4,800 MLD a day. The widening gap is attributed to high-rise residential and infrastructure development that has resulted in a sudden spurting of population and, consequently, increase in the demand for water.

Dam Projects for Creating New Reserves

In a written reply to Shiv Sena (UBT) member Sunil Prabhu, Dy CM Shinde gave a status report on the three maj

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