DRAINAGE & SEWERAGE
Working towards a flood-free city ……….Sharad Vyas | TNN
Mumbai: With the July 26, 2005, floods still fresh in public memory, the civic body continues in its quest for a floodfree Mumbai. The Chitale Committee, set up immediately after the calamity, recommended that the existing network of storm water drains (SWD) be augmented to cater to a rainfall intensity of 50mm/hour from the current 25mm as per the recommendation of Brimstowad report.
This year’s budget has focused on the improvement of storm water drains to minimise water logging. Construction of storm water pumping stations has been proposed at various locations including Britannia Outfall, Gazdarband, Mogra Nalla and Mahul Creek.
Under the JNNURM, the UPA government’s programme to fund major projects in metro cities, the BMC has also been working on the replacement and rehabilitation of city’s ancient sewerage system to increase the life and capacity of the pipelines.
In the slum sanitation programme, the BMC plans to make available 35,000 toilets in the slums by 2011.
Maintenance of storm water drains (SWD) | Rs 248.10 cr
Infrastructure projects under Brimstowad | Rs 1,576.82 cr
Widening and cleaning or Mithi River | Rs 40 cr
Laying of 5.95km sewage lines with the help of micro-tunnelling | Rs 25 cr
Construction of sewage treatment plants at Colaba, Worli and Malad and a recycling plant at Versova | Rs 55 cr
Rehabilitating old sewer lines across city | Rs 70.51 cr
ISO 9001-2000 certification for sewage installations | Rs 90 lakh
Construction and repair of public toilets under the slum sanitation programme | Rs 42.1 cr
CAPITAL EXPENDITURE Rs 2,224.81 cr