Old water pipelines in Mumbai

Q: What is happening to the old water pipelines in Mumbai?

Abhijit Thanki, Mumbai

24th April 2013

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BMC has started a survey in every ward to identify buildings which have been constructed on top of water pipelines in the city.
Recently, a major water pipeline under a building in Govandi has bursted which took life of a resident leading the civic body to go on with this move.
Now, two other such buildings have been identified present in Jogeshwari and Andheri.

Ashish Bhoite, Mumbai

26th April 2013

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I heard that BMC will not provide any of valves, pipelines and related material and they will be sourced by the contractors itself. The work will be subject to a third-party audit.
Civic body chief has claimed that Mumbai is losing 30 percent of water to leaks currently. The target of reducing contamination by 5 percent can only be achieved by replacing old pipelines.
Such civic plans will be completed in one and half years from now, with a budget of over Rs 50 crore.

Praveen Modi, Mumbai

26th April 2013

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For A, B and E wards, a Rs 15.3 crore contract has been awarded for water mains to formerly blacklisted R P S Infraprojects that bid 22.48 per cent less than the estimated cost.
Another contract of Rs 18 crore was awarded to Perfect Engineering Associates for C and D wards. They had bid 22.10 per cent less than the estimated cost.

Deepankar Godbole, Mumbai

26th April 2013

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Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has recently awarded a tender of Rs 33 crore to replace age old pipelines in South Mumbai.
The administration has proposed to repair or replace pipelines measuring 16.06 km from Colaba to Worli.

Shantanu Kumar, Mumbai

26th April 2013

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