The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has acknowledged that no desilting has been carried out at its main drinking water lakes and reservoirs for the past 10 years. Navi Mumbai-based environmentalists have alleged that this leads to inaccurate data on water capacities in the reservoirs.

BN KUMAR of NatConnect Foundation filed an RTI application with the State Urban Development Department (UDD) to learn the status of the desilting done by the BMC. This inquiry was made because the city  tends to face water cuts in the summer months despite dams and lakes overflowing during the 
monsoon season.