While the process of closure of the Deonar dumping ground is still in limbo, the operation of closing down Mulund dumping ground is going ahead, one step at a time. Though there was a delay to start the project, it is now on track and out of the seven million tonne waste, one million tonne waste has already been processed. 

The Mulund dumping ground has been closed since 2018. The contract was awarded in October 2018 with approximately seven million metric tons of waste on the ground. The project was supposed to be completed within six years. “The project was delayed due to fulfilment of criteria to get various permissions from the authorities. The reasons for delay included inadequate machinery and the pandemic. Then things were figured out last year and it’s now functioning,” said an official from the BMC.