Overview

• Two new firms have been hired to finish desilting the 18-km Mithi River by June 30 following two missed deadlines.
• Mithi River work is 63.86% complete, with 1.36 lakh of the targeted 2.14 lakh metric tonnes of silt removed.
• Citywide desilting has reached 84.82% completion, equating to 8.24 lakh tonnes cleared from major waterways and minor drains.
• Progress was set back by heavy rainfall on May 26 and a police probe into alleged irregularities in earlier contracts.
• The BMC is using AI-powered monitoring to oversee remaining work and bolster monsoon flood preparedness.