Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation (NMMC) has been releasing 37 million litres per day (MLD) untreated sewage into the Thane creek for the past few days. NMMC was forced to shut down the sewage treatment plant (STP), owing to a dispute over the land on which the plant is situated. Release of untreated sewage into the water resources is in stark violation of the Supreme Court order dated 22.02.2017 in the matter of Paryavaran Suraksha Samiti Vs. Union of India and attracts penalty in the form of environmental compensation by the National Green Tribunal.

NatConnect Foundation, an NGO, had complained to the NMMC about the release of untreated sewage into Thane creek. The director of the NGO B N Kumar told mid day that a NMMC city engineer confirmed to him about the shutting down of the STP and the civic body is trying to have the plant resume operations. Kumar has now taken up the issue with the Chief Minister Eknath Shinde who also holds the Urban Development Department.