Working towards a flood-free city

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Working towards a flood-free city [1]

MUMBAI: With the July 26, 2005, floods still fresh in public memory, the civic body continues in its quest for a flood-free Mumbai. The Chitale Committee, set up immediately after the calamity, recommended that the existing network of Storm Water Drains (SWD) be augmented to cater to a rainfall intensity of 50mm/hour from the current 25mm as per the recommendation of Brimstowad report.

Publication Date:

04/02/2009

Source: Times Of India (Mumbai) [2]

Tags:

Drainage [3], Flood Control [4], Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM) [5], Maharashtra [6], Mumbai [7]

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