An 1,800-mm pipeline began leaking just a week after it was repaired on August 24. Eyewitnesses reported that the leakage occurred at the same spot where the recent repairs were carried out.

The water pipeline is located at Aarey Colony in Powai. The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC)  completed its repair within 24 hours. Watchdog Foundation, a civic activist group, inspected the pipeline on August 28.