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Mumbai: Ambitious BMC vows to secure 1.19 lakh manholes in one year
Updated On: 13 September, 2023 08:02 AM IST | Mumbai | Sameer Surve
After HC rap, BMC aims to do so before next monsoon despite managing just 6.300 in six years
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BMC has covered 1,800 manholes on sewage drains and 4,500 manholes on stormwater drains
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has targeted to make around 1.19 lakh manholes safe with grills. In the last 6 years, BMC has succeeded in installing protective grills on 6,300 manholes. mid-day had done extensive coverage on the missing manhole covers of the city leading to a major syndicate operating from the neighbouring state of Gujarat.
In 2017, after the death of Mumbai’s top gastroenterologist Dr Deepak Amrapukar, who fell into an open manhole, BMC decided to put safety grills on all manholes. However, recently, the Bombay High Court slammed BMC over the delay in making the manholes safe.
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