In Photos: Kurla West residents complain of six-month pipeline leak, officials cite drainage issue
Kurla West residents have claimed that leakage from a potable water pipeline beneath the Santacruz-Chembur Link Road (SCLR) has gone largely unaddressed for six months. (Pics/Sayyed Sameer Abedi and local residents)
Updated on : 22 February,2025 10:43 AM IST | Compiled by : ronak mastakar
The subway beneath the Santacruz-Chembur Link Road at Vinoba Bhave Nagar, Kurla West on Friday. Pic/Sayyed Sameer Abedi
Civic officials, however, said that they had repaired the pipeline and the problem lies with a stormwater drain
![Manohar Apte, a resident of Vinoba Bhave Nagar in Kurla, said, “For a while now, water tends to flow onto the road from the subway below the SCLR every morning and evening. The BMC [Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation] repaired the potable water pipeline once but the issue has not been resolved. This is a health hazard, and the BMC should act immediately”](https://images.mid-day.com/images/images/2025/feb/KurlaWater5.jpg "Manohar Apte, a resident of Vinoba Bhave Nagar in Kurla, said, “For a while now, water tends to flow onto the road from the subway below the SCLR every morning and evening. The BMC [Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation] repaired the potable water pipeline once but the issue has not been resolved. This is a health hazard, and the BMC should act immediately”")
Manohar Apte, a resident of Vinoba Bhave Nagar in Kurla, said, “For a while now, water tends to flow onto the road from the subway below the SCLR every morning and evening. The BMC [Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation] repaired the potable water pipeline once but the issue has not been resolved. This is a health hazard, and the BMC should act immediately”
“It’s possible that ignorance of the leakage can result in contaminated water supply in the future. Footfall on this road is high as it connects Kurla railway station to Vinoba Bhave Nagar as well as Vidyavihar railway station,” a local stated
The civic body’s L ward officer Dhanaji Herlekar said, “We have already tackled leakage in the potable water line. There is a leakage in a stormwater drain. I have asked my team to repair it immediately”
The BMC received around 26,962 complaints about potable water pipeline leakage in 2024. The complaints were received from the Kurla area itself
There were around 3,685 complaints from the Kurla area last year about pipeline leakage, which is the highest in the city
While 2,239 complaints were received from Malad West; 1,669 were from Ghatkopar and 1,949 complaints were received from the Andheri East area
