India, April 3 -- It does not take an academic study to confirm how a legal water connection -- delivering consistent, regular, clean and timely water to homes - improves one's life. On Wednesday, an NGO Pani Haq Samiti (PHS) and University of Mumbai (MU) presented a study on the impact of the Water for All policy in Mumbai's slums, initiated by the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) in 2022.

In 2012, PHS had moved Bombay high court petitioning for universal access to water, after having worked in this field since 2010. The HC instructed BMC to formulate a policy in 2014, which the latter accomplished in 2022. Three years hence, the study shows how BMC's move has helped citizens in informal settlements.

A survey of 202 citizens ac...