The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) will spend an additional Rs 466 crore to clean and beautify the Mithi river. The BMC and MMRDA have already spent more than a thousand crore on widening and cleaning the river under the Mithi River Project. While the BMC has given a deadline of 24 months (excluding rains) for the work, the issue of the encroachment has still not been solved.

As part of the clean up process, the BMC had floated a tender in September 2019 to widen the river, divert drainage lines, construct a retaining wall and service roads, etc. The estimated cost of the project was around Rs 350 crore. But in November the corporation added one more clause – the use of pulse plasma technology to cut the rocks. It increased the cost of the project by Rs 120 crore. Now the administration has sent the proposals to the standing committee for approval.