🌧️Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation has pumped out a total of 16,451.55 million litres (1,645.155 Crore litres) of rainwater between 16th August and 19th August 2025 (till noon) through six pumping stations across Mumbai.
🔹During these 4 days, all pumps at these six pumping stations were operational for a total of 761 hours and 38 minutes.
🔹For comparison, this is more than double the storage capacity of Tulsi Lake, which holds 804.6 Crore litres of water.
🔹Pumping stations where rainwater was pumped out during this period are as follows:
🔹(Name of Pumping Station / Number of Pumps / Maximum Pumping Capacity per second (litres) / Total Pumped Water in Crore litres)
1. Irla – / 8 pumps / 48,000 / 3,768.48
2. Cleveland Bunder – / 7 pumps / 42,000 / 2,906.02
3. Gazdhar Bandh – / 6 pumps / 36,000 / 2,870.11
4. Lovegrove – / 10 pumps / 60,000 / 2,826.50
5. Haji Ali – / 6 pumps / 36,000 / 2,379.78
6. Britannia – / 6 pumps / 36,000 / 1,700.66
7. Total – / 43 pumps / 2,58,000 / 16,451.55
🔹BMC has also deployed 540 dewatering pumps across various low-lying areas in Mumbai, to drain accumulated rainwater.
🔹Today, Mumbai is experiencing extremely heavy rainfall and in the last six hours alone, BMC has pumped out 182.5 crore litres of water through these pumping stations.
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