{
  "id": 18353504,
  "title": "Mumbai BMC To Install ₹300 Crore Steel Nets Over Nullahs To Curb Garbage Dumping, Reduce Desilting Costs",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/05/mumbai-bmc-to-install-300-crore-steel-nets-over-nullahs-to-curb",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-05T17:59:06.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Press Journal",
    "slug": "free-press-journal",
    "url": "https://www.freepressjournal.in/mumbai/mumbai-bmc-to-install-300-crore-steel-nets-over-nullahs-to-curb-garbage-dumping-reduce-desilting-costs"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Mumbai's Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has announced a ₹300 crore project to install steel nets over select nullahs, aiming to curb garbage dumping and reduce desilting costs. The initiative, set to be completed by May 2028, seeks to cut waste dumping by 50%, according to a civic official. However, the plan's effectiveness has been questioned by corporators, who allege that contractors are merely constructing ramps for machinery while workers are left to perform the actual cleaning. Despite repeated complaints from residents, several major nullahs remain inadequately desilted. The BMC claims that the steel nets will help prevent garbage dumping and cut desilting expenses by nearly half. The project, which includes 314 major nullahs spanning 300.131 km across Mumbai, has already been expanded to vulnerable nullahs near slums and chawls following pilot trials in P&T Colony, Bandra West.",
  "summary": "Mumbai: Steel nets installed at select nullahs have reportedly curbed rampant garbage dumping, resulting in the BMC extending the initiative across major suburban nullahs by May 2028. The Rs 300-crore project aims to cut waste dumping by 50 per cent, a civic official claimed. Corporators Question Nullah Desilting Work The BMC’s claims of effective nullah cleaning came under fire at the Standing…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}