After many years, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation has managed to close Mulund's dumping ground and appoint a contractor for a procedure on waste at the Deonar dumping ground. It would seem that now that the BMC is again in a fix, as the Supreme Court has directed the High Court to look into the Kanjurmarg ground, where BMC dumps more than 70 per cent of city's garbage daily.

In the last decade, the problem of waste management has escalated and given rise to environmental challenges. While the BMC managed to cut down the daily garbage by 10 per cent in the last three years, the closure and scientific procedure on waste still poses a challenge. Last year, the civic body appointed a contractor for a scientific closure at Mulund, one of the three dumping grounds in the city. After the closure of Mulund, Kanjurmarg has become the main dump yard for the city. The yard gets 6,000 tonnes of garbage daily, which is more than 70 per cent of the city's total waste. While the BMC is already facing multiple hurdles to start a waste-to-energy plant at Deonar, the current decision from the Supreme Court will add to its woes. The court was hearing an appeal by the NGO Vanashakti against an interim order of the High Court, lifting the stay on enforcement of environmental clearance for expansion of the Kanjurmarg landfill. The HC lifted the stay in December 2019 to allow the use of an additional 52 hectare plot for scientific processing on solid waste.