{"schema":"hottub-news/story/v1","story":"st_2onbbddbo3wfo23btdeq","title":"Mumbai: BMC Proposes 12-Month IIT Bombay Study Of Powai Lake Ahead Of Desilting; ₹1.85-Crore Promenade Plan","title_en":null,"outlets":1,"brief":null,"page":"https://hottub.news/stories/mumbai-bmc-proposes-12-month-iit-bombay-study-of-powai-lake-ahead-of-2onbbddbo3","count":1,"items":[{"id":"n_2onbbddbo3wfo23btdeq","seq":730714,"kind":"article","title":"Mumbai: BMC Proposes 12-Month IIT Bombay Study Of Powai Lake Ahead Of Desilting; ₹1.85-Crore Promenade Plan","url":"https://www.freepressjournal.in/mumbai/mumbai-bmc-proposes-12-month-iit-bombay-study-of-powai-lake-ahead-of-desilting-185-crore-promenade-plan","summary":"Mumbai, September 29, 2026: The BMC has proposed a 12-month study by the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay to assess Powai Lake’s water quality ahead of ecological restoration and desilting. IIT Bombay researcher Prof. Anurag Garg will conduct the feasibility study, recommend the most suitable desilting method and prepare the Detailed Project Report (DPR). Prof. Garg, a researcher with IIT Bombay’s Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, has expertise…","published":"2026-09-29T16:28:53Z","seen":"2026-09-29T17:23:01Z","lang":"en","country":"IN","source":{"id":"kite-freepressjournal-in-e26f41","name":"freepressjournal.in","domain":"freepressjournal.in","outlet":{"wikidata":"Q7735208","name":"The Free Press Journal","type":"newspaper","country":"IN","designations":["newspaper"]}},"via":"kite-freepressjournal-in-e26f41","topics":["mumbai news","topnews","fpj shorts"],"entities":[{"id":"Q1156","name":"Mumbai","type":"place"},{"id":"Q796295","name":"BMC","type":"org"},{"id":"Q1661242","name":"Indian Institute of Technology Bombay","type":"org"},{"id":"Q3348756","name":"Powai Lake","type":"place"}],"image":"https://media.assettype.com/freepressjournal/2026-09-29/6yp9k05f/Copy-of-Copy-of-Copy-of-Copy-of-Copy-of-Copy-of-Copy-of-Copy-of-Copy-of-Copy-of-Copy-of-Copy-of-Copy-of-Copy-of-Queen-Of-All-Mayhem-2026-09-29T215835.139.jpg?w=280","story":"st_2onbbddbo3wfo23btdeq","category":"economy-business","category_p":0.25999999046325684,"sentiment":"neutral","tone":-0.15000000596046448,"political":0.07999999821186066}]}