The Malad wall collapse that killed 31 people and injured around 100 others has finally pushed the civic body to work on its rainwater harvesting project. The BMC is ready to release Rs 2 crore to the forest department to restrict flooding in the hilly parts of the city by investing in rainwater harvesting near Krantinagar and Lokhandwala areas in Kandivli as a pilot project. It can then be replicated in other hilly areas like Malad, Bhandup etc.

Locals of Krantinagar have been hounding the forest department and BMC officials over the issue of flooding for the past three years. Water from the forest directly enters into the houses in the slums, they have claimed. Even after the BMC had promised, in a meeting held on March 2018 in the presence of state forest minister, to release funds for rainwater harvesting, the civic body has not disbursed funds yet.