After the 2005 Maharashtra floods, where more than a 100 people lost their lives, the BMC has undertook a desilting and widening project to clean up the river and prevent future flooding.
A project costing approximately 600 crore rupees was proposed by UK based consultants hired by the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation to study the matter.
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After a spate of suicides by students in 2010, BPS had initiated a campaign along with additional municipal commissioner Manisha Mhaiskar, KEM Hospital dean Dr Sanjay Oak and the BMC’s education department.