Taking lesson from last year’s early monsoon arrival, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has set an early deadline to complete its monsoon preparedness for this year. According to Municipal Commissioner Ashwini Bhide, the BMC will finish installation of all the dewatering pumps by May 5, meanwhile, the ongoing road concretisation works will be completed by May 15 and the target for desilting have been set for May 31. Meanwhile, Bhide also announced a 10 per cent water cut for Mumbai keeping in mind the weather bureau’s prediction for below normal rainfall. Till last year, the BMC used to keep a blanket May 31 target for completing all the said works. The BMC’s move of preponing its deadline comes after an early monsoon onset took place last year, when showers came on May 24, almost paralysing the entire city since the preparations were not underway. By addressing a press conference on Tuesday (April 28), Bhide said that this year, Mumbai will likely record a relief from usual water-logging woes.…