The state is facing a drought situation and many places have water cuts. But the Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation (NMMC) has been releasing 80 per cent water from its sewage treatment plants — that could be used for secondary purposes such as watering trees, or given to industries — into the Vashi creek for over five years. An NMMC official incidentally says the water released into the creek is helping to clean it.

The sewage treatment plant at Nerul sector 50 has a capacity of around 100 MLD. Pics/Swarali Purohit