MUMBAI: To make sure no water-logging in the island city, the BMC will, in a first, deploy a robot to wash British-era underground drains, where mechanical end-to-end cleaning has proved unsuccessful previously. The civic body will spend Rs 60 crore over a period of 2 years for the robot for use from January 2019.
As a part of its pre monsoon works, BMC takes up cleaning of drains throughout Mumbai from January to May every year to verify clean flow of rainwater. At the municipal commissioner's assessment meeting on Monday, a list of all drains that shall be wiped clean via robot was once sought from the executive engineer of the BMC stormwater drain department. “We are figuring out drains that need to be wiped clean on priority and pre-monsoon work would begin from them,” stated a authentic.
Officials stated they plan to have a remote-controlled robot, fastened with digicam, that may remove silt from the drain and put it into a recyler device. “On the monitor we will see how much silt has been removed,” stated a civic authentic including that preparation for the works to be undertaken would get started on December 15 while exact works on ground will get started from January 1. An authentic stated the BMC would no longer own the robot and that a contractor will procure and operate it. The BMC has issued work order for the undertaking, the authentic added.
Works would happen frequently expect throughout the monsoon period.
Cleaning of the British-era drains has perennially been an issue as a result of they are underground and at many places run below structures. The British period drains have a carrying-capacity of 25mm according to hour. After the 2005 deluge, work on increasing the capacity of maximum drains was once taken up. However, many of the island city house drains are underground and therefore it isn't conceivable to widen or deepen they all.
As a part of its pre monsoon works, BMC takes up cleaning of drains throughout Mumbai from January to May every year to verify clean flow of rainwater. At the municipal commissioner's assessment meeting on Monday, a list of all drains that shall be wiped clean via robot was once sought from the executive engineer of the BMC stormwater drain department. “We are figuring out drains that need to be wiped clean on priority and pre-monsoon work would begin from them,” stated a authentic.
Officials stated they plan to have a remote-controlled robot, fastened with digicam, that may remove silt from the drain and put it into a recyler device. “On the monitor we will see how much silt has been removed,” stated a civic authentic including that preparation for the works to be undertaken would get started on December 15 while exact works on ground will get started from January 1. An authentic stated the BMC would no longer own the robot and that a contractor will procure and operate it. The BMC has issued work order for the undertaking, the authentic added.
Works would happen frequently expect throughout the monsoon period.
Cleaning of the British-era drains has perennially been an issue as a result of they are underground and at many places run below structures. The British period drains have a carrying-capacity of 25mm according to hour. After the 2005 deluge, work on increasing the capacity of maximum drains was once taken up. However, many of the island city house drains are underground and therefore it isn't conceivable to widen or deepen they all.
In a first, BMC to deploy robot to clean raj-era drains from Jan
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