BMC begins work on Rs 80 bn water project

08 Mar 2013 CW Team

The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has reportedly started work on the feasibility study, environment impact study and the land acquisition plan for the Rs 8,500-crore Pinjal water supply project.

The project is part of the Damanganga-Pinjal link project, which is one of the 30 link projects, including 16 inter-basin links planned in peninsular India and three in central India. It will help augment 1,500 mn ld, of which 865 mn ld will be supplied to Mumbai.

The project involves construction of a dam across the Damanganga, near Bhugad village, bordering Valsad district of Gujarat, and Nashik district in Maharashtra, and another dam across the Vagh at Khargihill in Thane district.

The water will be brought to the Pinjal reservoir, which is to be constructed in Wada taluka of Thane district, through a tunnel. The water will be brought to Gundavali through another tunnel, and from there pumped to the city.

It may be recalled that earlier, the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) was to undertake project. MMRDA had announced in 2010 that it would develop the project at its cost. The state irrigation department had even granted in-principle approval for the project.

But MMRDA recently informed the department that it was no longer interested in taking up the project as it has been able to tap water from other sources for the metropolitan region.

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