Work on the much-delayed pumping station at Mahul creek will start soon, as the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has chosen a new plot for it. The new site is private land and the BMC will exchange one of its plots for the land. The pumping station is essential to reduce flooding in Dadar, Sion, Wadala, Matunga and Kings Circle, and it also affects the Harbour line services.

The BMC had been trying to procure land from the salt commissioner for the same for years but hasn’t received any letter about the same  from the central agency. BMC started acting on the BRIMSTOWAD plan after the July 26, 2005 monsoon disaster. The first two stations were built at Irla and Haji Ali in 2010. The constriction of the sixth station started at Gazdarbandh in 2019. The BMC finalised the contractor for the seventh, Mogra station in March 2021 but the final station at Mahul, was still on paper due to delayed land acquisition.