As part of its 30-year roadmap for the city to tackle the challenges of climate change, the Mumbai Climate Action Plan (MCAP) has set a fresh deadline for the closure and remediation of the Deonar dumping ground, the city’s oldest and largest dumping ground by 2025.

According to the plan, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has to ensure the diversion of daily waste dumped at the Deonar dumpsite to the Kanjurmarg site and further “mandates remediation at Deonar after scoping study,” including an analysis of emissions and environmental impacts, such as ground contamination and leachate. The Mumbai Pollution Control Board (MPCB), along with academic and technical institutions, can support BMC in this endeavour.