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Juhu Airport to eliminate waterlogging and flooding problems

The BMC has decided to eliminate all waterlogging and flooding problems by constructing stormwater drains along the periphery of Juhu airport in Mumbai.

Juhu Airport to eliminate waterlogging and flooding problems
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Mumbai’s civic body, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has decided to construct stormwater drains along the periphery of Juhu airport in Mumbai.

This would prove to be beneficial as earlier there was no place for the water to drain out, as a result, waterlogging would be rampant during the monsoons in the area. Moreover, stagnant water happens to be a breeding ground for mosquitos. In addition, water would overflow in the taxiways and small snakes would be sighted as well.

Back in 1932, JRD Tata landed at the Juhu aerodrome, inaugurating India's first scheduled commercial mail service. Presently, the aerodrome handles all helicopter operations out of Mumbai. It also hosts the Bombay Flying Club and several executive and light aircraft and gliders.

On the other hand, earlier on December 16, the BMC approved the appointment of a project consultant for Mumbai’s largest sewage treatment plant.

This treatment plant is to come up in Malad at a cost of ₹2,000 crores. Moreover, the standing committee of the civic body approved the proposal with an amendment to appoint the second-lowest bidder as the project consultant. As per reports, the BMC had shortlisted Tata Consulting Engineers, the lowest bidder at ₹61 crores, as the project consultant for the proposed sewage treatment plant.

However, the standing committee members have stated that the Tata Consulting Engineers is a consultant on five other STPs and has crossed the maximum number of projects a company can work on at a given time with the BMC. Therefore, it has decided to amend the decision and give the project to the second-lowest bidder, NJS Engineers India Ltd.

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