Mumbai’s slums are facing a severe shortage of community toilets, reveals the latest Praja Foundation report, which exposes the city’s dismal state of sanitation. The report also highlights that nearly 395 million litres of drinking water is wasted daily due to pipeline leakage.

“Mumbai’s water supply system suffers from serious disparities between available resources and their distribution. The city receives 4370 million litres per day (MLD) of water, but due to pipeline losses, only 3975 MLD reaches users,” said Milind Mhaske, CEO, Praja Foundation. The city requires 4664 MLD daily, resulting in a shortfall of 689 MLD or 15 per cent.