BMC to desilt Banganga Tank using remote controlled robotic device

“During the past time of Pitru Paksha, radical connection spiritual offerings astatine Banganga. This yet creates a spill connected the h2o starring to pollution. Therefore, a contractor is being appointed who volition beryllium cleaning the full h2o assemblage arsenic good arsenic keeping it escaped from pollution,” said an official.

Civic officials said that for desilting of the water, a star impulse instrumentality called ‘jellyfishbot’ volition beryllium deployed successful the tank. This instrumentality is simply a distant controlled robot that operates connected star energy, equipped to region floating discarded from the aboveground of water. A proceedings tally of this instrumentality was carried successful the vessel earlier this week.

“The instrumentality is designed successful a mode that it is equipped to interval and question up to 1.5 km and efficiently cod floating discarded from the water. The instrumentality is compact successful size and tin easy manoeuvre and wouldn’t necessitate deployment of immoderate further manpower successful the h2o body,” the authoritative said.

Located successful the upscale Walkeshwar neighbourhood of southbound Mumbai, Banganga is simply a stepwell whose root dates backmost to the 12th century. This vessel is recognised and protected arsenic a practice tract by the Maharashtra Archaeological Department. The steps are constructed with achromatic basalt stones, portion the ‘Deepastambhs’ located wrong the periphery are constructed with lime-plaster and bricks.

Listed arsenic a ‘Grade-I Heritage Site’, the Banganga is 1 of the past remaining earthy h2o bodies successful Mumbai and the vessel is known to store caller h2o adjacent though it is successful adjacent proximity to the Arabian Sea.