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New BMC plan targets clean-up of Mumbai ponds
Updated On: 03 March, 2023 06:02 AM IST | Mumbai | A Correspondent
Currently waiting for approval from administration, the project aims to clean up and purify water of talaos in three locations—Sion, Kurla, Charkop—in first phase
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Charkop’s Dingeshwar talao is among the first the BMC plans to clean. Pic/Nimesh Dave
After a long wait, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has finally prepared a project to clean up the city’s ponds. In the first stage, the BMC plans to clean the Sion talao, Shital talao of Kurla, and Dingeshwar talao of Charkop and purify their water. The project is currently waiting for approval from the administration.
A few years ago, the Maharashtra Pollution Control Board ordered the BMC to preserve all its natural water bodies, following which the civic body started working on the initiative. A civic official said that they plan to use jet aeration treatment to increase the quantity of dissolved oxygen. For the purification of water, they plan to use mobile treatment plants. “This will help save the lives of fish. Also, sludge will be removed regularly,” the official said.
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