Mumbai, March 20 -- After receiving contrasting reports on Malabar Hill reservoir from two teams of experts, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) is now seeking intervention of an Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) from another state.

"I am going to write to IIT Madras or Delhi or Kanpur and send them both the reports. Either of them will be asked to give the last word and decide the fate of the reservoir," a senior civic official said. "I am not a hydraulics person, and therefore cannot read the hydraulic engineering reports and decide what is right and wrong."

Emphasising the need for an experts' opinion, the official said, "One team of experts, one of whom is an architect, is saying it can be repaired. After repairs, if the...