Hindustan Construction Co bagged an order worth Rs.415 crore from Municipal Corporation of Brihamumbai for construction of a water tunnel from Maroshi to Ruparel College in Mumbai.

The tunnel will replace the old upper Vaitarna and Vaitarna mains in this section and will improve the water supply to Vakola, Mahim, Dadar and Malbar Hills. The tunnel will be laid underground by digging a shaft 90 feet deep and then excavating the tunnel horizontally using the tunnel boring technique. It will connect the existing Ruparel College to Dr. E Moses road tunnel that supplies water to Malabar Hills. It will be completed in 2012 and will supply 1100 million liters daily. On completion, this pipeline will bring additional 378.54 million Liter of water per day (mld) and is expected to be completed within 45 months.

This the second major order bagged by the company from BMC for water tunnel construction.

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