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Maharashtra Cultural Affairs Minister Ashish Shelar, who is also the Mumbai suburban guardian minister, instructed the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) commissioner on Monday to issue tenders for the Gargai dam project, which will provide 440 million litres of water to Mumbaikars, within the next two months.
Mumbai receives a daily water supply of 4,000 million litres, while the actual daily demand is around 4,600 million litres. Once completed, the Gargai dam will supply an additional 440 million litres of water.
Shelar met BMC Commissioner Bhushan Gagrani at the civic body’s headquarters to review the project and its progress amid the rising water demand due to Mumbai’s growing population and shortages in several areas.
While approvals for the project have already been received from the State Government, a few forest clearances from the Central Government are still pending. Shelar said he contacted Union Environment Minister Bhupendra Yadav, requesting him to expedite the approvals process.
Shelar also directed that tenders for the project be issued immediately, within two months, once the necessary permissions are obtained.
With the heavy monsoon, the water crisis in Mumbai and its suburbs has been under control. Going by the current water stock, the situation is fine, according to officials.
“Keeping the immediate future with rising population and residential projects in city suburbs, the BMC will have to keep pace with the development and demand,” a BMC official said.
A highly placed source in the Mumbai BJP said the party’s leaders were raising issues and providing solutions ahead of the crucial civic polls slated for mid-January 2026, adding that ensuring an uninterrupted water supply remained a challenge for the party.
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