The project to build a desalination plant in Manori, one of the two efforts of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) to meet the city’s increasing demand for water, is once again delayed by several months. 

The plant had earlier been put on the backburner by current Deputy Chief Minister and former CM Devendra Fadnavis, citing high costs and impractical plans. When the Maha Vikas Aghadi came into power, former Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray had put the project back in the spotlight and fast-tracked. With Eknath Shinde becoming the CM, however, the project is no longer among the current government’s priorities.