Mumbai: The Water Supply Project Department of BMC has set a new record in the excavation of underground water tunnels. Achieved the achievement of digging 526 meters in a month and more than 40 meters in a day twice a week. BMC’s engineering prowess is being praised everywhere as a record excavation has been done in the water tunnel after the construction of the Coastal Road Tunnel.
Two underground water tanks are being constructed to improve water supply in the eastern suburbs. The 9.68 km long underground water tunnel from Amar Mahal to Paral will help in improving water supply in F/North and F/South wards as well as some areas of E and L department. The second tunnel from Amar Mahal to Trombay High Reservoir is about 5.52 km long. This will increase the water supply in M/East and M/West wards.
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50% work completed
Both the tunnels are being constructed at a depth of 100 to 110 meters from the ground. Their diameter is 3.2 meters. Two major water lines near the East Express Highway will be connected to these water tunnels. Teratech company’s Tbeam machines are being used for making underground tunnels. In the first month of December 2021, 526 meters of mining work has been completed in the first underground fast tunnel from Amar Mahal to Paral. In just 85 days from the start of the excavation work, about one kilometer of excavation has been completed. In the second water tunnel from Amar Mahal to Trombay, 40.3 meters of excavation work was achieved twice a week in a single day. With the completion of 2.75 km of the second water tunnel, 50 per cent work has been completed.
Mumbai second city in the world
According to the BMC official, both these underground reservoirs will be completed within the stipulated time frame in the years 2026 and 2024. In addition, the construction of a partial tunnel from Chembur to Wadala will be started in 2025. With the completion of these two tunnels, Mumbai will be the second city in the world to have more than 100 km of underground water supply tunnels. There are currently more than 100 kilometers of underground waterways in New York City alone.