The second week of May has arrived, but only 37 per cent of the desilting work on the Mithi river has been completed. Progress on the desilting of minor drains stands at 38 per cent, according to civic officials, who nevertheless claim that the work will be finished on time.

Desilting of the nullahs began in the first week of April. So far, the BMC has cleaned 51 per cent of nullahs in the city area, 70 per cent in the eastern suburbs, and 68.31 per cent in the western suburbs.