CM Shinde also visited the under-construction Gokhale Bridge over the railway tracks in Andheri and asked officials to ensure it is thrown open for public use by Diwali this year

While inspecting desilting works, CM Eknath Shinde issued a show-cause notice to the chief engineer of the storm water drain department of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) after finding a nullah at Milan Subway in Santacruz unclean

During his visit at Oshiwara in the western suburbs of the city, CM Shinde entered a nullah to inspect the pre-monsoon cleaning works, while at Poisar river in the northern part of the metropolis, he asked civic officials to ensure the waterbody is completely desilted

The BMC has been gearing up to tackle the waterlogging and flooding situations during the rains in the city

The city civic body had on Tuesday said that the citizens of Mumbai will receive periodic messages on weather updates. The BMC Commissioner Iqbal Singh Chahal reviewed the preparations in the pre-monsoon-2023 review meeting held on Tuesday with different departments and directed that all the departments should be ready for the challenges such as monsoon flooding in the city