September 23, 2019
Mayor Snehal Ambekar visited the Britannia pumping station on Saturday
The pumping station will ensure that water accumulated in Hindmata and its
surrounding areas is discharged properly even if there are heavy rains,†she
said. To tackle this problem, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) had
decided to construct the Britannia pumping China Engine component
tensioners Manufacturers station at Reay Road.Hindmata area, which is
notorious for water logging during the monsoon, is expected to be free of
flooding problems this year.
Mayor Snehal Ambekar visited the Britannia pumping
station on Saturday. So far, four pumping stations, Haji Ali, Irla, Love Grove
and Cleveland, out of proposed eight have been commissioned by the BMC.Every
year, Hindmata and its surrounding areas get flooded during the monsoon,
especially during high tide, which brings life to a standstill. The pumping
station will be commissioned before the monsoon. Work on the Britannia pumping
station is in the final stages and it will be operational this monsoon.According
to civic officials, the work of setting up pumps at Britannia is in the final
stage and will be completed by the end of this month. File picture of flooding
at Hindmata in Parel. The BMC has planned to construct eight pumping stations
under the project.When operational, the Britannia pumping station will bring
relief to 10 major chronic flooding spots like Hindmata, Parel, Lalbaug,
Byculla, Kalachowki, Abhyuday Nagar etc. The Mumbai Port Trust has given a
2,200-sq-metre plot on rent basis to the BMC for this pumping station for a
period of 30 years. But the pumping station at Mogra (Andheri) is still awaiting
environmental clearances. The Gazdarband pumping station work at Santa Cruz has
started, while the Maharashtra Costal Zone Management Authority has given its
NOC to the Mahul pumping station. The Rs 115 crore pumping station will have six
pumps with the total capacity of discharging water at 36 cubic metres per
second.
Hindmata area, which is notorious for water logging during
the monsoon, is expected to be free of flooding problems this year.The Britannia
pumping station has been constructed under the Brihanmumbai Storm Water Disposal
System project, which is being implemented to prevent flooding and stagnation of
water in low-lying areas of the city.
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