The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) is contemplating abandoning the desalination project kicked off during the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) regime and focusing on the Gargai dam project to meet the city’s water needs instead. The civic body cancelled the bidding process for the desalination project in September 2024 as only one company was participating in it.

A senior civic official said, “We have not taken a final decision about whether or not to scrap the desalination project yet.”