Summary:
Assistant Commissioner of the ward, Ramakant Biradar, said nearly 45 per cent of desilting work of major and minor nallahs in the area has been completed and they have set May 30 as the deadline to complete all work. In order to prevent flooding of the Dahisar river and other water bodies in the R Central Ward, the BMC has begun desilting of major and minor nallahs in the area as part of its pre-Monsoon preparations. From the origin point of the 12-km river (near Kanheri caves), adivasis still drink water directly from the water body. About 90 per cent work of building a protection wall from BMC’s jurisdiction area is complete. However, the work of river rejuvenation on ground is yet to be implemented..