People flock to Mahim to taste 'sweet' sea water

MUMBAI: Hundreds of people have flocked to Mahim beach since last night after reports of sea water turning sweet spread all over the city.

People came to Mahim beach in large numbers all through the night and even this morning to collect sweet water in bottles, jars and cans, considering it to be a 'miracle'.

Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai (MCGM) officials have rushed to the spot to collect samples of water and have appealed to people not to drink the sweet water till the results of laboratory tests were known.

The samples have been sent for chemical analysis and bacterial analysis. The reults will be known by the evening, Additional Municipal Commissioner Vijay Patankar said.

Samples were taken from Mahim beach and Dadar beach, behind the Mayor's bungalow.

MCGM were also examining reports of discovery of a sea water spring behind the Durgah of Makdoom Shah at Mahim beach, officials said.