Mumbai:

India’s first undersea tunnel — the coastal highway tunnel in Mumbai — is exhibiting proof of seepage. The tunnel has been in use just for lower than three months. The dual tunnels with a diameter of 12.19 metres — just one aspect of which is at present open — run 17 to twenty meters under the ocean stage.

On March 11, one aspect of the coastal highway was opened to site visitors and greater than 7 lakh autos have travelled by way of the route up to now.

The seepage apparently grew to become seen on Sunday morning and movies of it have since been broadly shared on social media, triggering security considerations forward of monsoon.

It’s nonetheless not clear what precipitated the leakage within the tunnel. The matter is being investigated.

Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, who visited the spot, stated he obtained the information yesterday.

“I instantly referred to as the commissioner. There’s leakage at two-three locations”. The authorities, he stated, has spoken to specialists and there may be “no risk to the unique construction”.

“Will probably be stuffed utilizing particular expertise and we are going to discover a everlasting resolution. Passengers is not going to face any issues. There will probably be no water right here in the course of the wet season,” he added.

On April 10, water had entered the pedestrian underpass of Haji Ali Coastal Highway, which had unleashed a flood of criticism in opposition to the Mumbai civic physique Brihanmumbai Company.

The Coastal Highway — a part of town’s masterplan developed in 1967 — was inaugurated by Chief Minister Eknath Shinde and his Deputies, Devendra Fadnavis and Ajit Pawar. The second section of coastal highway will probably be opened by June 10, Mr Shinde has stated.

The two.07 km tunnel begins close to Girgaon (forward of Marine Drive), extends north below the Arabian Sea, Girgaon Chowpatty and Malabar Hill, and finish at Breach Sweet’s Priyadarshini Park.

The coastal highway cuts down the 45-minute commute from Girgaon to Worli to simply 10 minutes. The tunnels, which comprise solely a 2-km stretch of the 10-km highway, resemble the C-shaped Marine Drive promenade.