18-hour water supply suspension in Mulund from August 21 morning for GMLR bridge work
Civic officials said that before carrying out the piling work of a bridge that is set to be a premium connector of GMLR, the BMC will divert the alignment of a water supply main of 1,200 mm. This supply system would transport water to Mumbai's Mulund area from the reservoir.
While the BMC has maintained that water supply will be restored after 18 hours, the authorities have also urged residents to drink boiled water for at least two days after the work is over.
Meanwhile, the work on boring GMLR's twin tunnels is set to begin early next year. The parts of the tunnel-boring machine arrived at Mumbai in 54 containers last month, and the work of assembling the machinery is underway.
GMLR's twin tunnels will be among the widest road tunnel projects undertaken by the BMC. The Rs 6,500-crore GMLR is an ambitious project to alleviate congestion by linking Goregaon in the western suburbs to Mulund in the eastern suburbs. A crucial part of the project is the 6.65-km-long twin tunnels, which will start from Film City in the western suburbs and open near Mulund's Amar Junction, which currently houses a huge slum pocket.
The project will also include vehicular interchanges as well as arterial and cable-stayed bridges. Once operational, this corridor is set to become a game-changer by bringing down east-west travel time to less than 115 minutes from 90 minutes during peak periods.
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