A similar screen was installed at the Irla pumping station and Lovegrove (2015) would be the second one. Each pumping station gets excess rainwater from the drains and nullahs diverted to them at the time of high tide. Flood gates at the mouth of these drains are kept closed during high tide to ensure excess water does not enter the city. The pump pushes this excess water and releases it from a height into the sea. However, in the case of excess trash, it chokes these floodgates slowing down the pumping of excess rainwater further adding to flooding.

Source: Hindustan Times November 05, 2020 04:39 UTC