{
  "id": 9004401,
  "title": "BMC Sets May 2028 Deadline To Install Steel Nets Across Mumbai Nullahs To Curb Garbage Dumping",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/21/bmc-sets-may-2028-deadline-to-install-steel-nets-across-mumbai",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-21T20:15:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Press Journal",
    "slug": "free-press-journal",
    "url": "https://www.freepressjournal.in/mumbai/bmc-sets-may-2028-deadline-to-install-steel-nets-across-mumbai-nullahs-to-curb-garbage-dumping"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Mumbai's Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) aims to install steel nets along all major nullahs by May 2028 to curb rampant garbage dumping. The measure, which has been effective in select areas, aims to prevent waterways from choking and improve the city's monsoon preparedness. The steel nets, installed at Main Avenue and South Avenue nullahs, have significantly reduced garbage dumping in those locations. The measure is now being extended to the Vakola River, where indiscriminate dumping has left the waterway heavily polluted and similar to a drain. The plan faces challenges in areas with extensive encroachments, such as Mankhurd and Dharavi, where installing the nets would be difficult due to limited space. Despite annual pre-monsoon desilting, garbage continues to be a major issue in Mumbai's nullahs, with bulky waste often thrown into them, particularly in slum areas.",
  "summary": "Mumbai: After steel nets installed at select nullahs curbed rampant garbage dumping, the BMC has set a May 2028 deadline to cover all major nullahs in the suburbs. The move aims to prevent waste from choking waterways and improve the city’s monsoon preparedness. Steel nets installed at Main Avenue Nullah and South Avenue Nullah have significantly curbed garbage dumping, according to civic…",
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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."
}