Nullah cleaning: 4 per cent done, 2 months to clear 96 per cent silt in Mumbai

BMC’s drain-cleaning tracker shows work has progressed fast in Eastern Suburbs, silt removal slow in Mithi river

Workers clean a nullah before monsoon in Kalyan. File pic/Satej Shinde

Since the second week of March, when the BMC started cleaning drains in preparation for the monsoon, overall 4 per cent of the targeted silt across the city and in Mithi river have been cleared.