Eknath Shinde visits Mumbai Coastal Road after reports of seepage surface

Chief Minister Eknath Shinde visited the Mumbai Coastal Road on Thursday to look into the matter of leakages in the tunnel of the roadTalking about the proposed solution to the leaks Chief Minister Eknath Shinde said that polymer grouting will be done on all 25 joints of the Mumbai Coastal Road tunnel Though there are only few such faulty joints the solution will be done for all the joints of the fuctional arm of the tunnelAs per the CM on Monday of Project head and Additional Municial Commissioner DrAmit Saini and a team of experts from LampT visited the site to inspect the leaksThe leakage is in only a few joints of the tunnel However the moss caused by the leakage has spread said CM Shinde in an address to the media He said that all joints will be checked will be checked and added that a foolproof and permanent solution will be proposed on consultation of additional experts to avoid the problem in the futureThe CM claimed that the traffic movement has not been affected due to the leakagesSince Sunday morning water could be seen dripping from the tunnels roofs and the walls had several dark areas where paint had chipped off owing to humidity Drip lines had formed from the dark areas to the floor and the border of the holes was plainly damp Water had gathered on the coastal road near the Marine Drive end of the tunnel around 100 metres from its departureCracks surface on Mumbai Coastal Road pedestrian underpassSince Sunday morning water could be seen dripping from the tunnels roofs and the walls had several dark areas where paint had chipped off owing to humidity Drip lines had formed from the dark areas to the floor and the border of the holes was plainly damp Water had gathered on the coastal road near the Marine Drive end of the tunnel around 100 metres from its departureCracks surface on Mumbai Coastal Road pedestrian underpassThe Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation BMC is still seeking an answer to the tidal water entering Coastal Roadrsquos pedestrian underpass at Haji Ali Meanwhile the official concerned said that the cracks on the road near the tunnels seem normal due to the shrinking of cement and it will be taken care of The issue surfaced after photos of Haji Ali underpass and cracks went viral on social mediaThe photos of tidal water entering Haji Ali pedestrian underpass PUP caused a flutter when the access of the dargah also went underwater during a high tide of 49 metres between 1145 am and 230 pm An lsquoXrsquo handle Haji Ali Dargah Trustrsquos Official stated on social media ldquoSince the last year we have been following up with the BMC the coastal road department and LampT to solve this problem but till today there has been no actionhelliprsquoWhen contacted a civic official from the coastal road department told midday ldquoOn days of high tide seawater enters the underpass necessitating its closure The level of the underpass cannot be raised as it has to be on the same level as the Haji Ali pathway Still measures like creating a hump at the mouth of the pedestrian underpass a stormwater drain and a pumping arrangement will solve the issue to some extent during monsoon The work is currently ongoingCivic activist Zoru Bhathena posted photographs of the flooded PUP and cracks on the road near the tunnels on social media ldquoThe pathway of the dargah used to flood during high tide but it would drain itself But now owing to the PUP it does not happen he said The 10km Coastal Road features around 20 PUPs providing pedestrian access to various locationsThe BMC officials said that the cracks are usual on cement roads due to the shrinking of a concrete slab If the cracks are deeper then chemical treatment is necessary We will look into it and the issue will be resolved soon The road was partially opened on March 12 from Worli to Nariman Point which created traffic bottlenecks at various junctions