India, Feb. 28 -- After a fire erupted at the civic body's Pise water pumping station on Monday evening, the city will face a 15% water cut until March 5. The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) said while work on repairing the transformer has started, the repair works will lead to water cuts in Mumbai, Thane, Bhiwandi and other MMR corporations receiving water through 'Mumbai 2' and 'Mumbai 3 ' water system. Thane Municipal Corporation too announced a 50% water cut in Thane city until further notice.

"On Monday, the plant was completely shut down after a fire erupted around 7pm. Transformers had to be shut down due to fire. The fire was controlled after 3.5 hours. Restoration works started after 10:30pm," said Purshottam Malwade, H...