The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation has finally woken up to the task of desilting the nullahs in the city. The work was started last week. However, despite the ban on plastic bags below 50 microns, the civic body is finding a lot of it clogging the nullahs, as a result of which their already-delayed project is slowing down further.

Scores of plastic bags that end up in nullahs are one of the main reasons for waterlogging and drain-clogging during the monsoon. File pic