Vihar Lake to provide 200 million litres more water by 2027
Hindustan TimesMumbai: In an effort to protect flood-prone areas like Kranti Nagar in Kurla, parts of Bandra Kurla Complex, and Saki Naka in Andheri East, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation has come up with a smart plan to not just curb flooding but to divert excess water from Vihar Lake. HT Photo by Puneet Chandhok Mumbai, 24/07/10 The main aim of this initiative is to ease the flood-prone Kranti Nagar in Kurla, parts of BKC, and Saki Naka in Andheri East, every time excess water from the Vihar Lake flows into Mithi River during monsoon and crosses the danger mark. A thirty-month period is the deadline for completion of this project.” Vihar Lake, one of the smaller lakes out of seven lakes in the city, provides around 2% of Mumbai’s water supply. “Instead of the Mithi river overflowing whenever there is more rain, the excess water at Vihar Lake which used to go into the river will be diverted into the pumping station, which will be further transferred to the Bhandup water treatment plant through a 1 km pipeline.
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