BMC allots Rs 150 cr for works to mitigate chronic flooding spots

Af ter years of waterlogging woes and facing criticism from all corners, the BMC claims to have been working on war footing towards resolving the city's flooding problem. Of the 386 chronic flooding spots identified by the civic body, civic officials said they have already completed work at 171 spots and prepared a detailed plan for the rest. The civic body has made a budgetary provision of Rs 150 crore for works to mitigate chronic flooding spots in its budget 2021-22.

Heavy rainfall in July-September 2020 caused floods in the city on several occasions and south Mumbai witnessed more waterlogging due to unpreceded rainfall. BMC had said it had fixed the chronic flooding spot at Hindmata by widening the drains, but that too flooded almost during every heavy rainfall and it took hours for the water to recede. Similarly, at Gandhi Market in Sion where BMC had put a long overhead pipeline to take flood water till the drainage network nearby with the help of pumps failed to reduce flooding.