The civic body’s ambitious desalination project near Manori is on hold for now. The BMC hasn’t initiated any proposal even after two months of getting a detailed project report from the consultant.

During the MVA government’s tenure, the BMC had chosen a desalination plant at Manori, over the Gargai dam project, citing potential destruction of the Tansa Wildlife Sanctuary. It had appointed an Israeli company, IDE Water Technologies Ltd., to prepare a proposal. The plant is estimated to supply 200 million litres of water daily in the initial stage.