Authorities have urged residents to drink boiled water for at least two days after the work is over. (File Photo)Water supply in the Mulund area in Mumbai’s eastern suburbs will be severely affected for 18 hours between Thursday and Friday owing to the construction work of Goregaon-Mulund Link Road (GMLR), being taken up by the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), officials said on Sunday.Civic officials said that before carrying out the piling work of a bridge that is set to be a premium connector of GMLR, the BMC will divert the alignment of a water supply main of 1,200 mm. This supply system would transport water to Mumbai’s Mulund area from the reservoir.“The water supply through this channel will be stopped during the process of alignment change to prevent any damage to the pipeline. Therefore, the water supply will remain suspended for nearly 18 hours between 10 am on August 21 to 4 am on August 22. The pipeline will be diverted because it is going to make way for the new bridge, and we need to shift the alignment before starting the piling work, or else the pipe will get damaged, leading to a water burst,” an official said.While the BMC has maintained that water supply will be restored after 18 hours, the authorities have also urged residents to drink boiled water for at least two days after the work is over.Meanwhile, the work on boring GMLR’s twin tunnels is set to begin early next year. The parts of the tunnel-boring machine arrived at Mumbai in 54 containers last month, and the work of assembling the machinery is underway.GMLR’s twin tunnels will be among the widest road tunnel projects undertaken by the BMC. The Rs 6,500-crore GMLR is an ambitious project to alleviate congestion by linking Goregaon in the western suburbs to Mulund in the eastern suburbs. A crucial part of the project is the 6.65-km-long twin tunnels, which will start from Film City in the western suburbs and open near Mulund’s Amar Junction, which currently houses a huge slum pocket.The project will also include vehicular interchanges as well as arterial and cable-stayed bridges. Once operational, this corridor is set to become a game-changer by bringing down east-west travel time to less than 115 minutes from 90 minutes during peak periods.Stay updated with the latest - Click here to follow us on Instagram© The Indian Express Pvt LtdTags:Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation BMCMulund