More than 15 years after nearly 1,000 mm of rainfall triggered unprecedented floods in Mumbai killing scores of people, the BMC has decided to go ahead with the work on pumping stations at Mogara of Juhu, and Mahul that will reduce inundation in western and eastern suburbs. Officials attributed the delay to the challenge of land acquisition.

Officials said a Rs 300-crore proposal for the Mogara pumping station has already been cleared by the standing committee. The Chitale Committee, formed to suggest ways to reduce flooding in the city after the 2005 deluge, had stressed the need for these two projects. Six pumping stations, as recommended by the committee, are already up and running and the BMC says these facilities have reduced flooding in several areas.