The civic body continues to fail at achieving any progress in setting up a waste management plant at Deonar dumping ground and acquiring land at Karavle village in Ambernath for another dump yard. Even as both the projects are getting delayed, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation has submitted an application in the Bombay High Court seeking extension for the closure of the Deonar dumping ground.

The high court had in 2013 directed the BMC to shut down Deonar and Mulund dumping grounds within three months. However, the BMC managed to shut operations in Mulund only in December 2018, while dumping of waste at Donar continues. In April, the HC allowed the civic body to dump solid waste at Deonar dumping ground until December 31, stating that it was the last extension. The high court is yet to hear the BMC's fresh appeal, filed this week, for another extension.