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84% done, deadline gone: Mithi River desilting spills beyond schedule

June 11, 2026 9:22 pm

Civic officials attribute the delay to late work orders that pushed back the start of operations.

'Documents do not support allegations': Bombay HC grants bail to key accused in Mithi desilting scam

April 24, 2026 10:21 pm

According to prosecution, Ketan Arun Kadam's company, in collusion with contractors, allegedly duped BMC of crores.

Mithi river is the city's largest river which flows a distance of 17.8 km through suburbs before discharging into the Arabian Sea.

BMC’s Rs 14 crore tender for ‘non-existent’ Mithi River garden fails to get standing committee nod, proposal sent back

April 23, 2026 4:48 pm

The standing committee, though, passed a Rs 30 crore proposal for desilting the 18 km-long Mithi River.

After 3 extensions, BMC’s Mithi desilting tender gets bidders

March 25, 2026 8:06 pm

Additional Municipal Commissioner (Projects) Abhijit Bangar said bids were received for all three packages of the Rs 29.5 crore project, which targets removing 1.65 lakh metric tonnes of silt.

Businessman gets bail in Mithi scam case as court says silt and debris were prima facie removed from river

March 05, 2026 12:15 pm

Shersingh Rathore was arrested on the charge that he had swindled Rs 29 crore from the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) in 2021 by passing off construction debris as silt removed from the Mithi river.

Mithi river desilting scam, Ketan Kadam,

Ketan Kadam, main accused in Mithi river desilting scam, granted interim bail

December 09, 2025 8:21 pm

The EOW had alleged that Kadam had formed two companies and forged documents to show hiring of machines for desilting the Mithi river.

Mithi River is an 18.64-km seasonal river with residential slum pockets and industrial patches alongside it.

Cong leader alleges violation of Central Vigilance Commission guidelines in Mithi River tender

October 03, 2025 8:44 pm

According to the CVC guidelines, after a tender has been published, the eligibility criteria must not be made stricter in order to avoid reducing competition.

Rescued amid rain woes: Youth trapped in Mithi river, 93-yr-old man without oxygen support

August 19, 2025 11:29 pm

The police have warned people from entering the water in Powai lake or Mithi river

A train stops in its tracks between Kurla and Tilaknagar Station on the Harbour line due to waterlogging as Mithi river neared the danger level-mark. (Express Photo by Amit Chakravarty)

Water level in Mithi nears danger mark, BMC & NDRF evacuate residents

August 19, 2025 9:27 pm

However, civic officials have maintained that the incomplete desilting work was not the sole cause of concern that led to swelling up of the water level.

Mithi desilting scam: ED's second round of raids target 8 locations of BMC contractors in Mumbai

July 31, 2025 3:29 pm

Massive corruption allegedly occurred in the desilting work sanctioned by the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation to clean sludge from the Mithi riverbed after the 2005 Mumbai floods.