Walkeshwar to get steady water supply

The plush area in South Mumbai will get uninterrupted water supply soon, as the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) decided to install a big water pump to pull water from the Malabar Hill reservoir.

The Malabar Hill reservoir supplies water to Colaba (A-ward) Girgaon- Churni Road (C-ward) and Malabar Hill- Walkeshwar (D-ward). The reservoir has been functional from 1881 and the BMC has installed electric pumps in 1995 to supply these areas. But their capacity has been reduced due to technical problems and the area does not get adequate water supply. The maintenance of the old pumps is also very expensive.

“Carmichael Road is located at a higher altitude, so it was difficult to supply water to the area. The low water pressure results in overhead or underground tanks taking a lot of time to fill up. This results in more electricity consumption and increases the cost,” said an official from the hydraulics department.

Now the BMC decided to end the problem and supply water with sufficient pressure to the area. For that the BMC is going to install two electric pumps having capacity of 250 horse power and five pumps having 120 horse power each.

The BMC has planned to spend around a crore for the pumps and their installation.  And the work will complete in four month. After installation of these pumps the water supply of Carmichael Road, Little Gibs Road, Ridge Road, Walkeshwar will improve.