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BMC pipe dreams yet to take off The BMC's promise to provide an additional 300 million litres of water daily (mld) by December 2006 may have come as a ray of hope for all those who have bought homes in new residential complexes. But the hope doesn't seem likely to last long as the BMC is yet to lay pipelines to carry the additional water. While additional municipal commissioner Manu Kumar Srivastava, in charge of projects, insists that the 100 mld from the Mumbai III A water supply project and another 300 mld from the Mumbai III B project will be available in time, the ground reality is somewhat different. Worse, south Mumbai and Andheri (west) have already become critical areas even as there are water shortage problems in other localities. Water to Andheri (west) is supplied from the Veravali reservoirs I, II and III through a single pipeline. To augment the supply, the BMC had proposed a water tunnel from the reservoir to Versova. But by Srivastava's own admission, the Veravali reservoir [Mahakali Caves, Andheri (east), to Versova in Andheri (west)] tunnel work is yet to begin. While tenders have been scrutinised, work orders are yet to be issued. "Once the tunnel is commissioned, the old pipeline will be used to ferry additional water to Bandra,'' said an official. Tenders for the Malabar Hill to Azad Maidan tunnel will be invited only on August 23. Work on constructing a new pumping station at Panjrapole in Thane district too is moving at a snail's pace. Yet Srivastava promises the water will be available as it will be carried through the existing pipeline. "The existing pipeline is used only for a few hours daily and the rest of the time it lies idle. We will pump in the water during the remaining time,'' he said. But the hydraulic department pointed out that water is supplied to various parts in the same ward in a staggered manner. "The supply depends on the inflow of water in the reservoir. The water from the lakes is brought to the Bhandup filtration plant from where it is further taken to the 28 reservoirs across the city. Hence, all parts of the city and even different areas in a ward do not get water at the same time,'' said D P Kajbaje, chief engineer, water supply. "Our existing pipelines have a carrying capacity of maximum 3,050 mld so though water is available we cannot lift it at present,'' he said. Civic sources said it is only because of the Bhandup and Charkop tunnels commissioned last year that the BMC is able to lift 150 mld of the 355mld from the Mumbai III A project. "The laying of pipelines is unlikely to be completed before 2009 and the residents of these buildings will have to rely on other means for their drinking water,'' said sources. URL : http://epaper.timesofindia.com/Repository/ml.asp?Ref=VE9JTS8yMDA2LzA4LzIyI0F yMDAzMDE=&Mode=HTML&Locale=english-skin-custom |
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