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The Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation (NMMC) has approved four proposals worth a combined INR 24.43 crore for improvements to water distribution and sewage treatment infrastructure across the city. The decisions were taken unanimously at the corporation’s second general body meeting for August, chaired by Mayor Sujata Patil. The approved works include upgrading the water distribution network in Nerul village and its gaothan expansion area, replacing unsafe water reservoirs in Siddharth Nagar, Ghansoli, and installing new equipment and a sludge hygienisation plant at sewage treatment facilities in Belapur and Ghansoli. The projects are aimed at addressing low and uneven water pressure, ageing infrastructure, sewage treatment requirements, equipment efficiency and electricity consumption. Several of the sewage-related works will be funded through incentive grants received under the Union government’s ‘Jal Hi Amrut’ initiative.
The Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation (NMMC) has unanimously approved four proposals involving a total estimated expenditure of INR 24.43 crore for water supply and sewage management infrastructure across Navi Mumbai at its second general body meeting held in August. The meeting was chaired by Mayor Sujata Patil, with the proposals submitted for approval on behalf of Municipal Commissioner Dr Kailas Shinde.
One of the approved works involves improving the water distribution network in Nerul village and parts of the gaothan expansion scheme, where residents and elected representatives had reported contaminated, inadequate and low-pressure water supply. A civic inspection found that population growth, narrow lanes and the area's uneven geographical profile had contributed to disparities in water distribution.
The inspection also identified leakage from ageing pipelines with inadequate diameters. The approved INR 2.14 crore project will involve installing larger-diameter water pipelines at selected locations and laying new pipelines in areas that currently lack them. The work is intended to improve the reliability of water supply in Nerul village and the relevant gaothan expansion areas.
In Ghansoli's Siddharth Nagar, the civic body has approved INR 18.54 crore for replacing two ageing water reservoirs. The existing facilities comprise a 0.50 million-litre elevated reservoir and a 1.00 million-litre ground-level reservoir that supply water to Rabada village, Siddharth Nagar, Salvi Nagar, Satyawan Nagar, Bhaiya Colony and Gothivli village.
The reservoirs were constructed during the CIDCO period and have deteriorated over time, requiring frequent repairs. A structural audit conducted by IIT Powai, Mumbai, classified the reservoirs as dangerous. The approved proposal involves safely dismantling the existing structures and constructing a 1.00 million-litre elevated reservoir and a 1.50 million-litre ground-level reservoir. The increased storage capacity is intended to account for existing and future population growth and facilitate water supply at more uniform pressure.
The general body also approved INR 1.90 crore for a sludge hygienisation plant and associated works at the 19 million-litre-per-day sewage treatment plant in Belapur Sector 12. The work will be funded from incentive assistance received under the Union government's ‘Jal Hi Amrut’ initiative, part of the AMRUT 2.0 programme.
NMMC's seven sewage treatment plants have received five-star ratings, while the civic body has secured INR 40 crore in cumulative incentive assistance under the initiative. Of this, INR 4 crore has been sanctioned for the Belapur Sector 12 treatment plant. The proposed plant will enable scientific treatment of sludge generated at the facility, with the processed material intended for use in developing NMMC's sewage treatment plant premises and other gardens.
A further INR 1.85 crore has been approved for installing new machinery and associated works at the 30 million-litre-per-day sewage treatment plant in Ghansoli Sector 15. The Union government has sanctioned INR 4 crore for the work, of which NMMC has received INR 2.8 crore as incentive assistance.
The machinery at the Ghansoli facility is more than 15 years old and requires replacement. As the prescribed service life of such machinery is 15 years, the civic body identified replacement as necessary to improve operational efficiency and reduce electricity consumption. The four proposals were approved unanimously at the August general body meeting.
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