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Not a single rupee from Centre for Mithi River clean-up: RTI
Updated On: 16 December, 2020 07:00 PM IST | Mumbai | IANS
Shockingly, the RTI reply said that the Centre has not given a single penny to the MMRDA though its 15 years since the 26/7 deluge and the subsequent floods that paralysed Mumbai for more than three days, RTI activist said
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The BMC annually cleans up the Mithi river before the monsoon, such as seen here in 2020. Pic/Pradeep Dhivar
The Central government has not sanctioned any funds whatsoever for the cleaning and development of Mumbai's sole flowing water body, the Mithi River, as per an RTI reply.
Mithi River had created a huge havoc during the great floods of July 26, 2005, when it submerged even the Mumbai international airport and other areas in its path.
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