With little over a month to go before the monsoon hits the city, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation has completed 34 per cent of its drain-cleaning target. Civic chief I S Chahal had asked his teams to get nullahs cleaned in double shifts and finish the work by May 15, it is unlikely that it would be done even if one stretches this to May 31, a report stated in this paper.

Clogged drains often trigger flooding during heavy rain. The cleaning of nullahs starts from the first week of March. But this year it was delayed by over 30 days.