After the issue of water shortage in Mumbai arose, MLA Ashish Shelar held Aaditya Thackeray responsible for the situation. Thackeray had revoked the Gargai dam project and forcefully implemented the desalination of seawater. That project too is unfinished, alleged Shelar.

Many parts of Mumbai are receiving water at a very low pressure, while some areas are not receiving any water supply. “The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation has not constructed any new dams nor made any alternative water arrangements in the past 10 years. Rather, it revoked the Gargai dam project and forcefully implemented the desalination of seawater. That project too is unfinished. Hence Mumbai is experiencing this water deficit. The water crisis is entirely the fault of Aaditya Thackeray and his UBT Sena,” alleged Mumbai BJP president Shelar.