Two months after the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) declared the Deonar dumping ground a ‘prohibited zone’, it is yet to secure a notification from the state government, approving the same.

In a recent letter, the state had asked the BMC to fulfill certain criteria, mandatory to declare the 132 hectare-landfill area, a prohibited zone. The civic body will be responding to state’s letter soon, and is expecting to receive a nod within the next month.