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Mumbai: BMC still waiting for IIT findings in Malabar Hill reservoir report
Updated On: 21 February, 2024 07:18 AM IST | Mumbai | Prajakta Kasale
The report was expected within a month of the inspection; MLA promises follow-up
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Committee inspecting the reservoir in December. File pic
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) is still awaiting the report from IIT members of the committee regarding the structural stability of the Malabar Hill Reservoir. Three members of the committee who are the residents of Malabar Hill have already submitted their part of the report in the first week of January, stating no need for demolition. The report was expected within a month of the inspection, completed on December 18, 2023. Mangal Prabhat Lodha, the local MLA who proposed the committee, will follow up with the civic chief.
The BMC had planned to demolish and reconstruct the 143-year-old reservoir that supplies water to south Mumbai, covered by the Hanging Gardens. Though the planning had been ongoing for years, and the work order was awarded in February 2023 at an estimated cost of Rs 698 crore, citizens opposed the plan when 389 trees needed to be removed from the adjacent land to increase the reservoir’s capacity. After strong opposition from local residents and Lodha, the BMC formed a committee on November 8, including Deputy Commissioner (Special Engineering) Chakradhar Kandalkar, IIT professors—R S Jangid, Jyoti Prakash, and Dasaka Murthy, and representatives of citizens Dr Vasudev Nori, Alpa Seth, and Rahul Kadri.
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