Two underground water tunnels to boost water supply in central suburbs

The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has proposed the construction of two underground water tunnels to boost water supply to parts of the city and the central suburbs. 

One of the tunnels will run under Chembur-Trombay and other under Chembur-Wadala-Parel.

The Chembur-Trombay tunnel will improve water supply to Chembur, Govandi and Mankhurd. It will pass through Hedgewar Udyan in Chembur to Bombay. The tunnel would be 5.5km long and 2.5m wide.

The Chembur-Wadala-Parel tunnel will benefit residents living in Sion, Matunga, Wadala, Parel, Sewri and Naigaum and also some parts of Kurla and Byculla. The tunnel will start at the same spot as the Chembur-Trombay tunnel and will have its course via Pratiksha Nagar (Wadala) to Sadakant Udyan in Parel. The dimensions of this tunnel will be 5.5km X 2.5 m.

The proposal was presented before the standing committee at a meeting on Wednesday. The project will cost the civic body around ₹1,800 crore and will take six years to be completed. The construction work for the same is scheduled to begin once the project is approved.