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Mithi river desilting tender gets bids after 2 failures; work to start March 28

Mithi river desilting tender gets bids after 2 failures; work to start March 28

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2 min readMumbaiMar 25, 2026 08:06 PM IST After failing to attract bidders twice, the BMC’s tender to desilt the Mithi river finally received responses from two companies following a third deadline extension. The civic body aims to begin work by March 28. Additional Municipal Commissioner (Projects) Abhijit Bangar said bids were received for all three packages of the Rs 29.5 crore project, which targets removing 1.65 lakh metric tonnes of silt. “For each of the packages, we have received two bids. We are scrutinising them and aim to award the contracts by Friday,” he said. “We plan to start work by Saturday, with full-scale desilting across the city, including the Mithi, from April 4,” Bangar added. The tender, floated on February 28, had earlier drawn no responses till its March 11 deadline, and again after an extension to March 17, prompting a third extension till March 24. The annual desilting exercise, undertaken after the 2005 floods to improve drainage capacity, had slowed last year amid an Economic Offences Wing probe into alleged irregularities. The …

A Multi-Crore Scam Left Mumbai’s Mithi River Choked Ahead of 2026 Monsoon

A Multi-Crore Scam Left Mumbai’s Mithi River Choked Ahead of 2026 Monsoon

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A year-round exercise aimed at flood mitigation, desilting at Mithi river has jolted to a halt over the past six months. Data procured from the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) shows that no desilting was carried out in eight of Mithi’s ten stretches for six months with “zero” vehicles deployed and “zero” silt extracted between August 2025 and January 2026. Unlike 9,930 trucks which had been deployed to desilt the river between April and July 2025, only 523 trucks were pressed to desilt two small stretches of the river – Teacher’s Colony to Kurla Kalina bridge and Kurla Kalina bridge to Airport box culvert – between August 2025 and January 2026. Mithi river is the city’s largest river which flows a distance of 17.8 km through suburbs before discharging into the Arabian Sea. Every year, the BMC undertakes desilting across Mumbai’s drains including at Mithi river in a bid to remove silt, muck and sediments which are naturally deposited on water bodies. The removal of silt improves the flow of water as well as the carrying …

Mithi River desilting scam: Actor Dino Morea questioned for links with arrested middlemen

Mithi River desilting scam: Actor Dino Morea questioned for links with arrested middlemen

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Bollywood actor Dino Morea. File. | Photo Credit: AFP Actor Dino Morea and his brother Santino are being questioned by Mumbai Police’s Economic Offences Wing (EOW) on Monday (May 26, 2025) for their alleged links with two middlemen arrested in connection with the Mithi river desilting scam, officials said. The actor reached the EOW office at the Mumbai Police Commissioner’s office complex in south Mumbai earlier in the day, an official said. An official told PTI that Morea is being questioned for his alleged links to two middlemen arrested in the ₹65 crore desilting scam. Earlier this month, the police registered a case against 13 persons, including contractors and civic officials, for an alleged ₹65 crore scam related to the desilting of the Mithi River, which flows through the city. It is alleged that Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) officials tailored the tender for the desilting contract to benefit a particular supplier of machinery needed for the work. Further, the contractors generated fraudulent bills for transporting sludge out of Mumbai. The civic body suffered a loss …

What is the ₹65 crore Mithi River desilting scam? How is actor Dino Morea linked? | Latest News India

What is the ₹65 crore Mithi River desilting scam? How is actor Dino Morea linked? | Latest News India

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Actor Dino Morea and his brother Santino were questioned by the Mumbai police’s Economic Offences Wing (EOW) on Monday to uncover their potential role in the ₹65 crore Mithi River desilting scam. Bollywood actor Dino Morea poses for a photograph as he attends a screening of her upcoming Indian film ‘Kesari Chapter 2’ in Mumbai on April 17, 2025.(AFP) According to a Free Press Journal report, the actor and his brother’s link to the main accused, Ketan Kadam, was unearthed after Mumbai police discovered multiple phone conversations between them. What are the charges against Dino Morea? Actor and former model Dino Morea’s name emerged when the police was investigating call records and financial transactions liked to Kadam. Officials said evidences unearthed so far are being probed further. The Mithi River desilting scam involves alleged financial irregularities in the rental of silt pusher machines as well as dredging equipment by the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), India’s richest civic body. So far, 13 individuals have been booked in the case. According to officials, the main accused Kadam …

Dino Morea questioned in Mithi River scam case, actor reaches EOW office along with brother Santino

Dino Morea questioned in Mithi River scam case, actor reaches EOW office along with brother Santino

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Actor Dino Morea has been questioned by the EOW of the Mumbai Police in the Mithi River scam case. His brother Santino is also being questioned at the time of writing. New Delhi: The investigation of Mumbai’s much-discussed Mithi River scam is now getting deeper. After the name of Bollywood actor Dino Morea came to the fore in this scam, he appeared at the Economic Offences Wing office on Monday morning. If sources are to be believed, Morea arrived at around 11 am to record his statement in front of the investigating officers. According to EOW sources, Morea was summoned after investigators discovered multiple phone conversations between him, his brother, and the prime accused, Ketan Kadam. The nature and context of these conversations are currently under scrutiny. But reportedly, several shocking revelations have been made so far in the EOW investigation. In the latest update, it has come to light that there have been several conversations between Dino Morea, his brother and the main accused of this scam, Ketan Kadam. The recordings and data …

BMC launches aquifer mapping project along Mithi river to enhance water supply resources | Mumbai News

BMC launches aquifer mapping project along Mithi river to enhance water supply resources | Mumbai News

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Eyeing to enhance Mumbai’s water supply resources, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has launched a pilot project along the Mithi river basin to carry out a geophysical study and mapping of groundwater levels to determine its quality and quantity. Slated to be conducted over the course of one year, the project will undertake aquifer mapping with the aim of developing new public recharge systems like borewells. The study is in line with the National Aquifer Mapping and Management (NAQUIM) programme by the Central Ground Water Board, which was initiated by the Jal Shakti Ministry in 2012 to prepare the area specific groundwater management plans. While the CGWB has been conducting its own mapping across the country over the past two years, the BMC’s pilot project is an independent study, being carried out by its environment and climate change department. The mapping project, according to officials, is aimed at making Mumbai’s existing water resources future proof in the wake of the climate crisis. Story continues below this ad Currently, Mumbai draws its potable water from seven …

Mumbai police’s EOW arrests 2 middlemen in multi-crore Mithi River desilting scam | Mumbai News

Mumbai police’s EOW arrests 2 middlemen in multi-crore Mithi River desilting scam | Mumbai News

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The Mumbai police Economic Offences Wing (EOW) Wednesday arrested two people allegedly involved in the multi-crore Mithi River desilting scam. On Tuesday, the agency booked 13 people, including three Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) officials. Sangramsinh Nishandar, Deputy Commissioner of Police, EOW, identified the arrested accused as Ketan Kadam and Jay Joshi, and said both will be produced before a court. Joshi is the owner of Virgo Specialties Pvt Ltd, and Ketan Kadam is of Voder India LLP. After months of inquiries, EOW SIT officials came across various financial irregularities pertaining to Mithi river desilting works contracts between 2021-22 and 2022-23. These irregularities were related to the transportation of sludge and its dumping on the ground. Story continues below this ad EOW found that the contractors submitted nine fake MoUs. After the FIR, the probe agency also searched seven places, including houses of BMC officials, contractors and the middlemen. The EOW booked the accused under sections 406, 409, 420, 465, 467, 468, 471, 120-B of the Indian Penal Code (IPC). BMC assistant engineer Prashant Ramugade, deputy …