The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has formed squads to supervise the desilting work of drains in the city ahead of the forthcoming monsoon season. BMC commissioner Iqbal Singh Chahal on Wednesday announced the drain desilting work inspection from Thursday- starting from the Mithi river in the Bandra Kurla Complex.

A BJP delegation led by MLA Ashish Shelar had met Chahal on Wednesday and demanded that a task force be set up to keep a check on the drain desilting process as part of the pre-monsoon prepration works. The BJP claimed that not more than 10 per cent of the desilting work was completed so far.