The civic body of Mumbai, Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) is reportedly about to replace the old, obsolete water pumps at Mumbai’s Kalbadevi and Fort areas. Moreover, this move is touted to resolve the water supply issues in the area.
According to sources, the water reservoir has a capacity of 10 million litres under the Azad Maidan in front of the BMC headquarters. The reservoir, which has been in operation since 1992, supplies water to the Kalbadevi division from 4.35 am to 6.50 am, Kalbadevi and Boribunder divisions from 4.35 pm to 6.20 pm and Fort division from 8.25 pm to 9.45 pm. However, over the last few days, the municipality has been receiving complaints of low water supply and low pressure.
The Kalbadevi and the Fort area is densely populated. Moreover, both the areas have a large number of commercial offices. Many traders and private offices buy water from suppliers as the water supply provided by the civic body are not sufficient.
In recent developments, after several corporators raised the issue of water shortage in the area, the water engineering department of the BMC has decided to replace the old pumps in the reservoir in order to install new ones to increase water pressure. Furthermore, these pumps are to be installed in the next nine months at a cost of INR 1,69,00,000.
On the other hand, the BMC has added two more wards to its study in order to figure out how some of the wards under its jurisdiction has a lesser number of coronavirus cases. According to reports, D ward (Malabar Hill, Grant Road) and H-west (Bandra, Khar Road), which have the majority of the population living in highrises, will also be part of the study.
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