Mumbai: You can now track nullah cleaning on BMC’s dedicated online portal

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The BMC comes up with more transparency in the nullah desilting. The video clip of the nullah desilting work will be uploaded on the BMC portable, which can be seen by the citizens. According to a BMC official, citizens can now see desilting work on https://swd.mcgm.gov.in/wms2025 link.

As part of the pre-monsoon preparations, desilting work is being carried out rapidly in Mumbai's major and minor drains. To ensure proper execution and supervision of the desilting operations, photography and 30-second video recordings of the desilting work have been made mandatory. For smaller drains, CCTV footage before and after desilting is now compulsory.

Officials further said that all videos received related to desilting will be analysed using artificial intelligence (AI). This will help in proper supervision and maintaining complete transparency in the work.

According to BMC policy, desilting work is carried out in three phases every year. As per the standard procedure, 80 per cent of the total silt will be removed in April and May 2025, 10 per cent during the monsoon, and the remaining 10 per cent after the monsoon. The BMC has appointed 23 contractors to carry out desilting work for major and minor nullahs.

So far, around 18 per cent of the desilting work has been completed. The BMC has set a target to remove 10.06 lakh metric tonnes of silt from various nullahs and the Mithi River. Of this, 1.81 lakh metric tonnes have been removed as of now.