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Mumbai: No call on Malabar Hill reservoir yet
Updated On: 09 August, 2024 06:43 AM IST | Mumbai | Prajakta Kasale
Recent study by BMC suggests setting up smaller additional tank but trees will still have to be cut
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Members of an expert committee examining the reservoir on December 7, 2023
A year has passed and three reports submitted, but the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation is yet to decide on the Malabar Hill reservoir renovation. The civic body received a final report from IIT Roorkee a month ago and has even carried out a hydraulic study. The issue of reconstructing old reservoirs and building an additional one has been ongoing for over a year. The work order was awarded in February 2023 at an estimated cost of Rs 698 crore.
The BMC initially planned to demolish and reconstruct the reservoir by constructing a tank with a 90 million litre capacity, which required the transplantation of 200 trees and the axing of 189 others. After a protest from citizens over the removal of 389 trees for the construction of an additional reservoir to reconstruct the British-era reservoir, the BMC formed a committee on November 8, 2023, comprising residents and IIT Bombay professors.
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