BOMBAY SEWAGE DISPOSAL

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The objectives of the Bombay Sewage Disposal Project are to: 1) strengthen the capacity of the Water Supply and Sewerage Department of the Municipal Corporation of Greater Bombay in all aspects of the management of the provision of sewerage services; 2) sustain the financial viability of the provision of water supply and sewerage services in Greater Bombay through direct charges to beneficiaries at appropriate levels; and 3) improve the health and environmental conditions in Greater Bombay including slum dwellers. The project includes: 1) the construction of two submarine tunnel outfall sewers at each of Worli and Bandra to convey partially treated sewage effluent to the Arabian Sea; 2) a pumping station at Bandra; 3) two aerated sewage treatment lagoons at Ghatkopar and Bhandup; 4) facilities to prevent siltation in the influent tunnel at Ghatkopar; 5) the rehabilitation of the existing Ghatkopar tunnel; 6) measures to improve the structural stability of five existing sewage pumping stations; 7) conveyance systems improvements; and 8) slum sanitation schemes.