After the construction of a water storage tank near Milan Subway at a cost of Rs 47 crore, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) is now making an additional water channel and deploying two pumps to ensure water accumulated at the location is diverted into the tank. 

Milan Subway, which is located between Vile Parle and Santacruz, lies in a low-lying area and is almost always flooded during the monsoon. The stormwater department (SWD) of the BMC constructed the underground water storage tank under a park adjacent to the subway to provide some relief. The capacity of the tank is around 3 crore litres. “Two pumps and a water channel will be used to fill this tank with accumulated water while an additional pump will be used to pump water out of the tank during low tide. “Hence, it will be possible to provide relief to citizens by storing water in the tank for up to six hours,” said a BMC official.