The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has decided to carry out a large scale survey at hilly areas of Ghatkopar and Vikhroli to improve the water supply.
According to sources, the civic body does surveys on a small scale before laying water pipelines. But after receiving complaints about low water pressure and inadequate supply in hilly regions.
Now the BMC has floated another tender to carry out a total station survey of the elevated locality in Ghatkopar West. The estimated cost of the project is INR 1.70 crores.
The BMC started ramping up such endeavours last year with its survey at Cheetah Camp in Govandi. If reports are to be believed, a similar study was conducted at Govandi and Mankhurd in 2021. For this, BMC spent INR 1.35 crores on the project.
The area being surveyed is around 50 hectares and the number of locals and huts will also be counted. Once the survey is done, a contract will be given to lay the pipelines.
An official stated that they need an integrated study to lay a network so that everyone gets equal distribution of water.
Civic officials also clarified that the area already has a pipeline network but the population has increased in the past decade. Therefore, the planning team requires some sort of information before laying pipelines in sloping slum areas such as topography and how mains should be laid, which can be obtained only after carrying out such a survey.
Then the planning department will design the water lines. It will also help in deciding where and how many joints are needed.
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