The Mithi river rejuvenation project is falling behind the estimated timeline due to encroachment on the river bank. As per the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation, 30 per cent of the work of phase 2 was supposed to be complete by now, but only 15 per cent has actually been done. 

“We are facing a problem with encroachment. Around 900 structures are affected, but we do not have sufficient places to relocate the project-affected people. Hence, we have started work where there is no encroachment,” said a BMC official. The second phase of the project, estimated to cost R569 crore, started in 2020 and is supposed to take three years to complete.