Out of the 658 hectares of land required for compensatory afforestation for the Gargai Dam project, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) is yet to acquire 68 hectares. The civic body has so far identified 590 hectares in the districts of Chandrapur, Washim, and Hingoli.

While work on the project has now started, BMC has to identify the remaining land within the next six months. About eight months have been reserved to get the remaining permissions for the project, including from the National Wildlife Board and forest permissions.