The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has decided to increase the capacity of dewatering pumps on the railway tracks to avoid waterlogging issues during monsoon season. In addition, it has also asked the Railway authority to complete pre-monsoon work such as trimming of trees, and cleaning of drains and culverts that run beneath the rail tracks before May 31.
These decisions were taken at a coordination meeting held by Additional Municipal commissioner P. Velarasu with railway authorities at the BMC headquarters on Tuesday, May 17. The civic body will install high-pressure pumps at 28 places to ensure that heavy rains do not bring Mumbai’s lifeline local trains to a standstill during monsoon.
Of the total, the civic body will install high-pressure pumps at 18 places on the Central and Harbour lines, and at 10 places on the Western line.
Meanwhile, this year, BMC will install a 9000 cubic meter capacity pump at Masjid Bunder station, 24000 cubic metre capacity at Mahalaxmi station and 11,000 cubic meters capacity near Chunabhatti Railway station. Apart from this two pumps with a capacity of 3,000 cubic meters per hour are being installed between Prabhadevi and Dadar. The pumped water will be brought to the underground storage tanks at Pramod Mahajan Udyan.
This development comes as last year to keep railway tracks flood-free last year the BMC installed pumps with 2000 cubic meters per hour capacity. However, the railways faced waterlogging.
For those unversed, similar pumps are being installed at sox places between Dadar to Matunga Road and 3 places near Bandra Terminus station. Pumps of different capacities are being installed at Masjid Station, Sandhurst, Byculla, Chinchpokli, Parel, Sion, Ghatkopar, Vidyavihar, Vikhroli, Bhandup, Nahur, Shivdi, Wadala, Tilak Nagar, said the BMC official.
Moreover, it has come to light that the BMC has completed over 75 per cent of the work of desilting in the city.
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