In brief

Pay 15% less for water from next month
Domestic users,who are facing a 15 per cent cut in water supply,will be charged 15 per cent less from next month. Consumers will instead be charged as per actual consumption. Commercial users facing a 30 per cent cut will not get any respite.

Demolitions at Laxmi industrial estate
The BMC began mass demolition of 300 unauthorised mezzanine floors of the Laxmi industrial estate in Andheri west on Friday. The work will continue for a week. The mezzanine floors were built by the occupants of the estate without the BMC’s permission.