“To give citizens more relief, we are installing dewatering pumps in flood-prone areas. This will help rainwater recede faster during heavy rain,” said the official. According to data, some of the flood-prone areas in question are: Sahitya Sahwas (Kalanagar), Chandanwadi Nala (Bandra), Air India Road (Santacruz), Bhabha Hospital (Bandra), Jogeshwari Expressway, Khar Expressway, Teachers Colony (Andheri), Motilal Nagar (Goregaon), Nancy Colony, Shimpoli (Borivli).

Meanwhile, BMC claims it has tackled four chronic flooding spots in the western suburbs. At Goregaon Squatter Colony, BMC has increased the capacity of the stormwater drain by widening it from 600 millimetres to 1,500 millimetres. In Malad, Patkar wadi, BMC constructed a new stormwater drain and also widened the old drain from 600 millimetres to 1,200 millimetres. The width of the existing box drain at Santacruz station west was increased from 1.5 metres to 3 metres. BMC has also increased the width of the nullah at Andheri Cargo, Sahara Goan from 5 metres to 8 metres. The Akruli Kandivli flooding spot, too, has been treated.

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Citizens will get relief from waterlogging in many areas, including the Andheri subway, said P Velrasu, additional municipal commissioner.