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Mumbai: BMC hasn’t cleaned lakes for 10 years!
Updated On: 01 August, 2024 06:44 AM IST | Mumbai | Ranjeet Jadhav
Navi Mumbai environmentalists allege that not desilting lakes and reservoirs leads to inaccurate data on water capacity; that explains why we suffer water cut in summer even after lakes overflow in the monsoon
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Modak Sagar overflowed on July 25
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has acknowledged that no desilting has been carried out at its main drinking water lakes and reservoirs for the past 10 years. Navi Mumbai-based environmentalists have alleged that this leads to inaccurate data on water capacities in the reservoirs.
BN KUMAR of NatConnect Foundation filed an RTI application with the State Urban Development Department (UDD) to learn the status of the desilting done by the BMC. This inquiry was made because the city tends to face water cuts in the summer months despite dams and lakes overflowing during the
monsoon season.
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