The BMC has planned a 5.6 km underground tunnel for setting up a water pipeline from Chembur to Trombay, as part of its attempt to do away with the decades-old pipelines in the city that are prone to bursting.

This is what happens when one of the city’s decades-old pipelines becomes a gusher. That’s why the BMC is planning to take the underground route for a few arterial pipelines. File pic