“Earlier there was a proposal of microtunneling worth Rs 140 crore. After that, the IIT report suggested another micro tunnelling with an estimated cost of Rs 600 cr, which was also not found feasible by the BMC. Instead of such huge expense, there are other remedies to reduce the flooding,” said Satam. 

He also suggested constructing rainwater harvesting pits in the stormwater drain itself which could soak as much water as possible; he added that the pits could be built after conducting a geological survey and taking IIT opinion on the same.

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He also mentioned evaluating the existing sewer network on the east side and augmenting it to reduce the amount of Sewage water flowing in and increase the capacity of the drainage network on SV road. He also proposed to widen the nullah that starts from the Millionaire building till the end. As per the claims by the MLA Satam, these remedies will reduce the accumulation of water at the Andheri subway without incurring huge expenditure and at the same time give relief to citizens.