Along with Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), the Central Railway (CR) too will now take preventive measures against water clogging during monsoons.
For the first time, the Central Railway (CR) will be deploying two 1,000 horsepower capacity pumps at Kurla and Sion which will flush out water during heavy rain and not affect the train movement.
The stations which are likely to face water clog are Kurla and Sion as they are close to Mithi river.
CR’s Mumbai divisional railway manager S K Pankaj told Times of India, that they are also planning to install 32 HP pumps at 42 locations and the civic body will provide pumps at 16 other locations. He added that last year, the CR had installed 12 HP pumps at 27 locations.
They have already carried out desilting of 113 km of drains twice and the third round will be complete in a few days," S K Pankaj.
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