In a bid to strengthen its long-term project to undertake sewage recycling, and supply recycled water for non-potable use, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has decided to lay down a separate pipeline.
A proposal to lay an 850-metre-long pipeline between Banganag sewage treatment plant and Raj Bhavan will be brought up at the BMC Standing Committee meeting on Wednesday for approval.
According to a civic official, the sewage treatment plant at Banganga will supply recycled water to the garden at Raj Bhavan, Kamala Nehru Park, and Priyadarshini Park.
In 2012-2013, the civic body had planned to supply recycled water, and even built a sewage treatment plant at its pumping station in Banganga for the purpose. The proposal of Rs 79.85 lakh for laying the pipeline states that it will be completed in four months. However, the proposal will need to be approved by the BMC Standing Committee, and later by the general body.
In order to meet the rising demand for water in the future, the BMC plans to supply treated water to industries, government agencies, and households for non-potable purposes. The civic body has already appointed a consultant to prepare a detailed plan.
BMC’s new pay-and-park policy has few takers.
Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) is planning to implement its ambitious parking policy in the city and has begun the implementation in some areas of Award. To begin with, the civic body aims at decongesting roads and regulating the parking system in the clogged roads and lanes of Colaba and Churchgate areas. However, the pilot project is facing opposition from many, including the residents of the area.
BMC plans to demarcate parking spaces on roads outside buildings and expects the residents to park their vehicles in the allotted parking space. However, it fails to give assurance that the designated parking spot is exclusively reserved for a resident. BMC also expects the security guard of such residential societies to take responsibility for the given parking space. But again, the question arises of people actually paying heed to security guards who are most likely to end up in a tussle with locals. The civic body aims at resolving the issue of parking problems in the city by executing the plan well. It also plans to take help from traffic police and Mumbai police to put the system in place and to address citizen complaints. To take it a step further, the BMC should take over the public parking lots in the city which developers have constructed in lieu of additional floor space index (FSI). This will relieve the stress of insufficient parking space in the city.
