On July 26, 2005, the Mithi River was flooded in Mumbai, created havoc after which the Central Government had announced assistance for development and security of the sewerage carrying River. While replying to an RTI query, the MMRDA administration has informed RTI activist Anil Galgali that the Mithi River has not received a single penny from the central government in the last 15 years till date. A total amount of Rs 1657.11 crore was demanded from the Centre.
RTI activist Anil Galgali had sought information from mmrda administration about the progress made by MMRDA and BMC under the Mithi River development work and the amount sought from the centre and the amount received so far. The MMRDA administration told Anil Galgali that the amount sought from the Centre for development work done by MMRDA under Mithi River Development work was Rs. 417.51 while BMC demanded Rs. 1239.60 crore for development work coming under its jurisdiction. But Mmrda has not received any amount so far.
The heavy rains on 26th July 2005 caused deluge owing to choking of Mithi River prompting the then Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh to announce the financial assistance for the widening and designing of this River. Only then did the state Government constitute the Mithi River Development and Conservation Authority.
According to Anil Galgali, there has been a further plight of the river in the absence of funds and the amount claimed to be spent needs to be audited. The central government has said that there is a need to supplement the expenditure by persisting with the progress of the work.
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