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BMC panel approves a proposal for Mumbai’s first desalination plant

The committee will be headed by the BMC municipal commissioner, along with the member secretary — who will be chief engineer of water supply projects department — and 3 members including two additional municipal commissioners and the deputy commissioner.

BMC panel approves a proposal for Mumbai’s first desalination plant
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On Monday, February 8, the standing committee approved a proposal for a detailed project report on a desalination plant in the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC).

This move will allow the civic body to make the required decisions to construct the project, subject to further approvals from the committee at each stage, as required.

Moreover, the standing committee approved the formation of a special committee under the chairmanship of the civic commissioner to oversee the project.

The committee will be headed by the BMC municipal commissioner, along with the member secretary — who will be chief engineer of the water supply projects department — and three members including two additional municipal commissioners and the deputy municipal commissioner (special engineering).

Meanwhile, the civic body has also approved the administration’s request to allow IDE Water Technologies to prepare a detailed project report (DPR) for the desalination plant, after the firm submitted an unsolicited proposal to the civic body for this project.

This may be awarded on the ‘Swiss Challenge’ methodology, below which a challenge may be awarded to a non-public agency on an unsolicited proposal. This methodology contains a utility for a brand new or progressive concept submitted to a company on the initiative of the supply. for the aim of acquiring a contract with the federal government, and isn’t in response to a request for proposals. The agency that first submits a proposal is approached straight for negotiations and if it doesn’t agree, then different bidders are referred to as.

As per the proposal, the estimated cost of the project is INR 1,600 crores and maintenance for 20 years will cost an additional INR 1,920 crores. The project will convert 200 million litres per day (MLD) of sea water every day.

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