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Mumbai civic body to deploy ‘smart’ pumps to tackle waterlogging
Updated On: 30 April, 2026 07:54 AM IST | Mumbai | Eshanpriya MS
To curb waterlogging during the monsoon, the BMC will equip all 545 dewatering pumps with IoT-based sensors and monitor them from a central control room. The move comes after complaints of non-functional pumps last year. Officials say real-time tracking will allow quicker response and help prevent flooding at key locations across the city
A 2025 image of vehicles plying along the flooded Tulsi Pipe Road in Matunga West. File pic/Ashish Raje
In response to complaints from citizens that dewatering pumps failed to operate in waterlogged areas last monsoon, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation will now install IOT (Internet of Things)-based sensors on each of its 545 dewatering pumps. A control room will be set up at the BMC headquarters to monitor the pumps in real time. Last year, only 110 of BMC’s 515 pumps had IOT sensors. These were installed on a trial basis. This year, all pumps will be fixed with these sensors.
A police officer guides people along a flooded road outside Wadala railway station
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