The process of treating the city's sewage, as part of the Rs 14,000 crore Mumbai Sewage Disposal Project – II (MSDP – II), is a step closer to reality. The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) hopes to appoint contractors for all six of the proposed sewage treatment plants (STP) by April and begin work on the project by October this year.

In comparison to the previous year's budget in which MSDP-II had an allocation of Rs 538 crore, the department handling the project has proposed an allocation of around Rs 1,000 crore in the upcoming budget. While senior civic officials didn't reveal the exact figure, they said that MSDP-II will have a significant allocation in the budget this year.