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COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING , PUNECURRENT PRACTICES

‘THE CASE OF MUMBAI’[NOSPLAN 2013-SAFE CITIES]

GROUP MEMBERS:AISHWARYA BORATE

SEJAL MATHURAKSHAY PATIL

DEVASHREE RAGDEAKSHAY OZAJAY BAVISKAR

REASON FOR CHOOSING MUMBAI AS TOPIC FOR CASE STUDY

Sr. City Country Agglomeration (2003)

1 Tokyo Japan 3,38,50,0002 Mexico city Mexico 2,20,50,0003 New York USA 2,18,50,0004 Seoul South Korea 2,18,50,0005 Sao Paulo Brazil 1,98,50,0006 Mumbai India 1,91,00,0007 Delhi India 1,85,50,0008 Los Angeles USA 1,76,50,0009 Osaka Japan 1,67,00,00010 Jakarta Indonesia 1,65,50,000

MUMBAI FLOOD HISTORY

Max. recorded rainfall in Mumbai in a day 05/08/1976- 265 mm 10/09/1991- 475 mm 10/09/1930- 548 mm 05/07/1974- 575 mm 26/07/2005- 944 mm (In first 6 hrs.- 0830

to1430 hrs. Only 19.3 mm rainfall & in last 6 hrs. -0230 to 0830 hrs. only 59.2 mm rainfall)

CASUALTY AND DAMAGE : 26/07/2005 FLOODS

EXTENSIVE LOSS OF LIFE445 people lost their lives in the flashfloods DAMAGED BUILDINGS AND VEHICLES Residential establishments - partly damaged:50,000 Residential establishments - fully damaged: 2,000 Commercial establishments: 40,000 Vehicles: 30,000 MEDICAL CARE AND HOSPITALS437 Primary Health Centers, rural hospitals ,and residential premises for health personnel were damaged by flooding EDUCATION AND SCHOOLSMore than 20,000 classrooms damaged and97 school buildings collapsed

VULNERABILITIES FOR FLOODS IN MUMBAI

1) Climate change and heavy rains2) Rising sea levels3) Extensive reclamation and faulty zoning regulations4) Outdated building regulations5) Faltering drainage systems6) Increase in impermeable surface area

AREAS VULNERABLE TO FLOODING

Flooding Spots : 266 Chronic Flooding spots: 55 Slum Localities Within High Tide Line :

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“MAKING CITIES RESILIENT” CAMPAIGN

One of the current projects ongoing in the city of Mumbai initiated by United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (UN-ISDR) is the “Making Cities Resilient : My city is getting ready” campaign.

Launched in 2010, it addresses issues of the local governance and urban risk. It entered its second phase 2012-2015; based on the success and stock taking by partners and participating cities in the first phase (2010-2011), the campaign will continue and shift its focus to implementation support, city-to-city learning and co-operation, local action planning and monitoring of progress in cities.

MCGM- Municipal Corporation Of Greater Mumbai ( BMC ) works with the support of UNISDR

ISSUES TO BE SOLVED

OBJECTIVES 1) Provide State of Art Infrastructure 2) International Financial Centre 3) Eco friendly City 4) Build Disaster Resilient City

1. MEASURES INITIATED TO MITIGATE FLOODING OF RIVERS

Mithi River : Construction Of 7.4 Km Long RCC retaining wall .

Construction Of 25 m long and 4.5 m high weir to discharge water . Dahisar River : Training Of 1800 m of

river. Poisar River : Training Of 3550 m of

river Oshivara River : Widening And

Training Of 3 water courses

2. AUGMENTING STORM WATER DRAINAGE SYSTEM

SWD designed for rainfall of 50mm/hr. System being cleaned to the bottom-most level since 2006.

Rehabilitation of old drains, particularly in the Island City. Installation of 9 storm water pumping stations in progress. 2 Pumping

Stations already commissioned. Portable dewatering pumps installed at flooding spots.

3. INSTALLATION AUTOMATIC WEATHER STATIONS & FLOW GAUGES

35 automatic weather stations installed for real time rain fall intensity

The data is monitored, analyzed and the warnings are issued of flooding

Flow Gauges installed upstream of Mithi River to monitor water flow and issue warning to population living down stream.

4. ESTABLISHMENT OF EMERGENCY OPERATION CENTRES

State of the Art Emergency Operation Center at Municipal Head Office & at all Wards Operational 24 x 7 Latest Communication Systems Early Warning System

COORDINATION WITH INTERNAL DEPARTMENTS AND EXTERNAL AGENCIES

CAMPAIGN FOCUS AREAS 2012-2015 Know More and Commit: sign up more local governments and national government

support for resilient cities Invest wiser, Build safer: implementation- city to city learning and capacity building,

handbooks and guidelines Benchmarking and reporting: Local Government Self Assessment Tool and Resilient

Cities Report Emphasis on partnerships and UNISDR capacity as a platform and knowledge

management hub

GOVERNMENT RECOVERY PLAN

ACTIONS BY MCGM Operates a control room - the Main Centre of Communication Discharge pumps – 196 nos. deployed to discharge water Search and rescue teams-6 kept ready under the fire brigade Personnel from Civil Defence-600 and 10 persons per ward from NGO 500 buses kept ready by the transport service provider De-siliting of Mithi river - 5.68 lakh cub.m. silt removed pre-2007 and 3.70 lakhs cub.m

thereafter 2652 residential and 1148 commercial structures removed 1769 residential and 349 commercial structures rehabilitated Additional bridges at Kranti Nagar and Kurla-Kalina Road started

GOVERNMENT RECOVERY PLAN

ACTIONS BY STATE GOVERNMENT Active traffic management / diversion when roads are waterlogged State government hospitals/ supplement municipal hospitals Home Guards & Civil Defense for disaster management 288 retaining walls in 74 places have been undertaken by the Slum Improvement Board The Chief Minister of Maharashtra acts as the highest coordinating authority - Chairs a

‘Monsoon-preparedness’ meeting Regular follow-up meetings by the Chief Secretary and Additional Chief Secretary (Home

Department)

GOVERNMENT RECOVERY PLAN

ACTIONS BY GOVERNMENT OF INDIA Hon’ble Prime Minister sanctioned a special grant of Rs. 1200 crores outside the Jawaharlal

Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM) as 100% subsidy The work involves widening of drains and construction of pumping stations Rehabilitation of slums up to 01.01.2000.

REFERENCES

www.unisdr.org/campaign/resilientcities www.mumbaicity.nic.in/index.htm Research paper published by Prof.Kapil Gupta (IIT-B) Case study by Dr.Jairaj Phatak, Ex-Commissioner, MCGM

Thank you …!