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Mumbai has a drainage system, which in many places, are more than 100 years old, consisting of 2,000 km of open drains, 440 km of closed drains, 186 outfalls and more than 30,000 water entrances. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The capacity of most of the drains is around 25 mm of rain per hour during low tide , [ 4 ] which is exceeded routinely during the ...
Within 24 hours of the airports becoming operational, there were 185 departures and 184 arrivals, including international flights. Again from early morning of 31 July, with increase in water logging of the runways and different parts of Mumbai, most of the flights were indefinitely cancelled.
Mumbai controls several dams in Shahapur Taluka (Thane district) that deliver water to the City and Suburban areas. The Western Ghats trap most of the moisture laiden monsoon clouds which feed these dammed rivers. Currently, these dams/ lakes deliver approximately 3.4 billion litres of water to Mumbai City and Suburban areas daily.
The 2006 Mumbai "sweet" seawater incident was a strange phenomenon during which residents of Mumbai claimed that the water at Mahim Creek [1] had suddenly turned sweet.Within hours, residents of Gujarat claimed that seawater at Tithal beach had turned sweet as well.
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After this, the government ordered only artisan made, clay idols to be immersed, since natural clay deteriorates into the ocean quickly without harming wildlife. POP was banned in Mumbai and most of the Ganesha idols are being made from clay. On 30 August 2016, the sand on the beach is said to be turning black due to a possible oil slick in the ...
A ferry in Mumbai, near the Gateway of India. Water transport in Mumbai consists of ferries, hovercraft and catamarans. Proposals to start more water services were initially mooted in the 1990s but were held up due to legal issues. [1] Services are provided by both government agencies as well as private partners. [2]
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