According to the data revealed by the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), a total of 386 waterlogging spots, 74 vulnerable settlements and 291 landslide-prone areas have been identified in the city.
As part of the BMC’s project to map natural disaster-prone zones, the ward-wise mapping for each of the 24 administrative wards is now complete. The civic body has integrated this data with its annual Flood Preparedness Guidelines 2021 and started to act upon them.
However, the civic body has claimed that of the 386 waterlogging spots, 178 have already been tackled. Meanwhile, 164 have work going on to mitigate flooding. Eleven spots have not been tackled by the civic body, stated the survey.
The BMC has also identified emergency assembly points in each ward such as municipal school buildings, along with how many people can be accommodated in each building. Reportedly, there are a total of 130 emergency assembly points across 24 wards.
The maximum number of landslide-prone spots – 152 – is in the S ward corresponding to Bhandup. The area has 10 emergency assembly points. Followed by N ward in Ghatkopar, which has 32 spots and 8 emergency assembly points. L ward, corresponding to Kurla, has 11 emergency assembly spots, due to proximity to settlements to Mithi River, which swells almost every monsoon.
For over a decade, the BMC has been preparing Flood Preparedness Guidelines every year. It is a handbook of ward-wise details of disasters, with standard operating procedures outlining the roles and responsibilities of each of the first responding agencies in case of disasters.
The information has been uploaded on the BMC’s website and is accessible to citizens.
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