Almost 16 years after the Madhav Chitale committee report recommended setting up of eight pumping stations in the city post the July 26, 2005 floods, work on the seventh one at Mogra nullah will finally start. Work on the pumping station was halted over some legal issues. To be built at a cost of R393 crore, once the Mogra pumping station starts functioning, Andheri and Versova areas are likely to get relief from excessive flooding during monsoon. The eighth and the last pumping station at Mahul is still on paper.

Sewage water flows from the Wadala pumping station. File pic