{
  "id": 6773314,
  "title": "How To Play The Jekyll And Hyde Game, Typical BMC Style",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/11/how-to-play-the-jekyll-and-hyde-game-typical-bmc-style",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-11T15:50:44.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Press Journal",
    "slug": "free-press-journal",
    "url": "https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/how-to-play-the-jekyll-and-hyde-game-typical-bmc-style"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Mumbai is set to receive a new climate risk assessment report next year, according to the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC). This study is necessary due to the considerable changes and development along the city's coastline in recent years. While some may have expected approval and reassurance that the city is handling climate risks well, most residents have responded with indifference or skepticism. This response highlights the disconnect between what the BMC says and does, and the potential consequences for the future of Mumbai.\n\nThe BMC has been aware of climate risks for decades, identifying hazardous areas as early as 2018 and providing warnings in 2021 about the potential for 80% of Nariman Point and Mantralaya to be submerged by 2050. However, the corporation has continued to approve environmentally unsound and climate-hazardous projects, such as the Bandra Kurla Complex, constructed on wetlands and mangroves along Mahim Creek and the Mithi River.\n\nIn 2019, the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change warned that Mumbai and other coastal cities were severely threatened by rising sea levels. Despite this, the BMC proceeded with its coastal road construction, which has led to significant changes and massive transformation of the city's coastline. Between 2016 and 2021, Mumbai lost over 5,000 acres of green cover and experienced severe flooding during monsoons.\n\nGiven the known risks and the BMC's history of approving harmful projects, it seems strange that the corporation would now undertake a study to assess the risks. It is possible that the BMC was unaware of the full extent of the impact of its previous projects, or it may simply be waiting for the results of this new assessment to justify further development. Regardless, the BMC should consider calling for an immediate halt to all mega projects that alter the coastline and coastal areas, in order to prevent further harm to Mumbai and its residents.",
  "summary": "Mumbai will have a new climate risk assessment study, and the report will be unveiled next year, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) told us a few days ago. It is necessary to get this assessment given the significant changes and massive transformation along Mumbai’s coastline over the past five years, an official told the media. We should have nodded in approval and felt reassured that…",
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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."
}