BMC has said that it is better prepared for the monsoon this year.

Mumbai: The BMC has said it is more prepared for the monsoon season this year following unprecedented floods in many parts of Mumbai last year. The Civil Body said that 89 percent of the desilting work of the main pits has been completed this year and the desalination will be completed across Mumbai by June 1. However, several corporators alleged that BMC's claims that this monsoon could be prepared were hollow and that it proved that many places were submerged in water following the recent rains following Hurricane Tauktae.

Last September, torrential rains caused unprecedented floods in various parts of Mumbai. However, unlike in the past, this year the rains crossed new boundaries and new floodplains emerged. To avoid recurrence last year, BMC decided to increase the target for soil removal from the nipples, doubling the size of the Mitti River and increasing the main nipples by 22 percent. At the same time, the amount of soil targeted was 1.4 lakh metric tons removed from the myth. Now it has been increased to 2.74 lakh MT. In the case of major piles, it was 3.63 lakh MT last year, but in 2021-22 it is 4.16 MT.

The amount of minor goodies remains unchanged. AS we remove more soil, the water holding capacity of the pinch increases, and the flow becomes faster. Last year, there were complaints that desalination had not taken place in many areas. When we did a review, we found that only the target size silt had been removed. "We have now decided to remove the excess amount that facilitates the flow of rainwater," said P Velrasu, additional municipal commissioner and head of the stormwater drainage department. According to figures available at BMC, the 17.8-kilometer Mitti River, one of the largest causes of flooding in the eastern and western suburbs, has been cleared by 73 percent by May 28. The main forks are 100% complete and the minor forks are up to 70% complete.

Despite this increase in the scope of work, Mumbai witnessed floods in many parts of the state in the wake of Hurricane Tauktae, with people claiming it took hours for the water to recede from some parts. The cleaning of the minor pinch is behind. If the distillation was marked, how did the Tauktae flood? Reyes Sheikh, Samajwadi Party MLA, and corporator in Byculla said. Opposition leader Ravi Raja also condemned the civic body's claim over the clean-up operation.

The figures given by BMC for Nullhas are misleading. The disassembly work was not done properly. Raja said that despite spending crores of public money on clean-up operations, floods occur every year. While traditional methods of dealing with the monsoon are under the scanner, BMC is preparing to deploy new technologies and technologies to mitigate flooding. BMC has proposed new technology for the construction of subway sumps, which are prone to frequent floods on low-lying subways. Sumps are indentations or pits that collect unwanted water before entering the subway. This water is pumped directly into the nostrils through pumps. 

BMC also plans to conduct drone surveys of all major good cleaning jobs. The Civil Body aims to complete 125 works from 405 flood sites this year. Work on 54 spots has been completed while work on 56 spots has been completed. Another official from the SWD department said work progress on the remaining 15 flood sites was lagging. Out of a total of 368 road repair works planned this year, 157 have been brought to the safe stage so that it does not cause traffic congestion or wash away.