With the high court dismissing a petition filed by citizens challenging the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation's (BMC) proposal to lay a 9.7-kilometre-long underground water tunnel worth Rs 920 crore to improve water supply in areas like Parel, Sion, Wadala and Matunga, the civic body has finally started work on the project. Civic officials said that the HC's ruling had come as a relief for them.

As part of the project, an underground tunnel will be laid from Amar Mahal junction, Ghatkopar to Pratiksha Nagar, Sion to Parel for improving water supply in F north ward areas (Wadala, Matunga, Dadar East), F south ward areas (Lalbaug, Parel and Chinchpokli) and parts of L ward (areas in Kurla) and E ward (areas in Byculla).