Water water every where ..

Amchi Mumbai is reeling under severe water shortage but so much of water is being wasted by careless handling of the situation. Last month there were two massive pipe bursts and 3 million litres of water just went down the drain. The whole of LBS Marg in Mulund(a suburb of Mumbai) was flooded. It looked like a scenario from 26/7. Officials said the pipe line burst because of the pressure that built up while closing the valves. They closed them to allow some repairs on the leaks that developed on various portions of the pipe line. So while closing the valves slowly along the stretch, in some areas water got collected and since it was coming from a height and the gravitational force was strong the pipe burst. It is a plausible scientific explanation but for the lay man who is parched for water nothing is convincing. If the officials knew all about this they should have taken better precautions. But no..And now we’re suffering from more water cuts. I think we Mumbaikers are going to experience these sort of catastrophes till the BMC find a way to change the whole faulty corroded age old pipe lines.