Mithi mouth may get a sluice gate
Last fortnight's rains and subsequent flooding in the city of Mumbai has led city planners to discuss the possibility of installing sluice gates near the mouth of the Mithi River to prevent seawater
Last fortnight's rains and subsequent flooding in the city of Mumbai has led city planners to discuss the possibility of installing sluice gates near the mouth of the Mithi River to prevent seawater
It is not just the Mithi river that is susceptible to degradation due to encroachment and dumping. There are at least two more rivers and six natural drains in the city that are highly vulnerable and in need of immediate attention, as per a recent study funded by the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA). These are the Oshiwara river, Poisar river, Vikhroli nullah, Mogra nullah, Tilak Nagar nullah, Piramal Nagar nullah, Irla nullah and Safed Pul nullah and are part of the five rivers and 19 natural drains in the city. According to the study, the Dahisar river also needs attention but is not as critical as the others.
The Bombay high court gave the Maharashtra government another 15 days to complete work on the first phase of the Mithi river clean-up project. A division bench of Justice R M Lodha and A S Bagga
The BMC has spent approximately Rs 100 crore this year to ensure that there is no repeat of 26/7. The widening and cleaning of the 13-km-long Mithi river is the BMC's biggest achievement. "This is
Demolitions at the Safed pool nullah, Kurla, were stalled after some locals protested their being declared ineligible for rehabilitation in the Mithi River project in Mumbai. The demolitions were
The Mithi River Development and Protection Authority (MRDPA)in Maharashtra, the agency implementing the river's clean-up, is all set to begin its most-daunting task: Demolishing thousands of illegal
Concerned over media reports on the alleged dumping of Mithi river silt on mangrove plots in the Bandra Kurla Complex and Kanjurmarg, the Bombay high court appointed a threemember team to verify the
The Bombay high court constituted a fact finding committee to look into the allegation that sludge removed in the mithi river clean up operation was being dumped into mangrove pockets. The
The Bombay high court ordered a halt to dumping of silt from the Mithi river on mangrove plots. Hearing a PIL filed by the Bombay Environmental Action Group (BEAG), a division bench of chief justice
IIT Bombay's suggestion to divert the course of Mithi river alongside the internal boundary of the airport - which is the most viable option to prevent flooding of the river has already mired in controversy with both the Mumbai International Airport Limited (MIAL) and the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) locking horns over the responsibility of carrying out the work and bearing its expense
The Mithi river in Mumbai is just a stinking nullah of pitch-black water overflowing with muck. Then how is it that a verdant vegetable farm is flourishing alongside, watered as it is by the river?
The Bombay high court's directive against dumping debris along the Mithi river is not being obeyed. Fresh debris has been dumped by a private developer along the river next to Residency Hotel, Powai.
The Bombay High Court directed the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation to clear debris dumped along the 17-km-long Mithi River and take action against offenders. Hearing a PIL filed by former MP Kirit
The removal of encroachments along the Mithi river in Mumbai will begin, said suburban collector S S Zende and the municipal authorities will start cleaning up operations. The collector's office had
A survey of shanties along the 14-km stretch of Mithi river will be completed by the Suburban Collector's office by December 31. Next, till January 15, 2006, they will issue notices for verification
The civic administration claims to have shut down all the illegal and unauthorized industrial units along the Mithi river. The action was taken following a Bombay High Court order in a public
Residents of Mumbai hit the panic mode today as the Mithi river, flowing through its suburbs, breached its danger mark, thus reviving memories of the July 2005 floods that claimed over 150 lives.
The Mithi river has been declared a Coastal regulation Zone (CRZ) by the Bombay High Court according to an expert, who says that all along the river, no development can take place up to 500 meters of
With only two weeks to go for the pre-monsoon deadline for road and drain works to be completed, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation is struggling to meet the demands of the newfound stress on preparedness for disasters. First, even after allocating an additional Rs 110 crore for its works on widening and deepening the Mithi river, officials are unable to promise that a swollen Mithi will not cause floods as it did in 2005.
The Maharashtra Government has begun to shut down polluting industries along the Mithi river that runs through suburban Mumbai following orders by the Bombay High Court. The Mithi overflowed its