Overview
- The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation commissioned two automated sewage plants on Sunday in a ceremony led by Union Minister Piyush Goyal.
- The membrane bioreactor units treat 5 MLD at Indiranagar and 1.5 MLD at Sukurwadi to block raw sewage from the river and supply water for non‑drinking reuse.
- Civic data show Biochemical Oxygen Demand fell from 78.8 mg/L before treatment to 1.91 mg/L after treatment, and the BMC put the price of the two plants at Rs 245 crore.
- Phase two planning covers a 4.75 km stretch with 4.4 km of new sewers and interceptors, plus bank works that officials say could enable boating and reduce monsoon flooding.
- Goyal urged residents to stop dumping waste, while some activists questioned repeated inaugurations and the pace of on‑ground cleanup.