India, April 23 -- Ahead of the monsoon, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation's (BMC) standing committee has approved contracts worth Rs.29.66 crore for desilting the 22-km Mithi river. The contracts were finalised after the civic body relaxed several tender conditions, having initially failed to attract an adequate number of bidders for the crucial flood mitigation work.

According to the proposal approved by the standing committee, the desilting work will be carried out in three phases: from Filterpada in Powai to Teachers' Colony in Kurla, from Teachers' Colony to the BKC Connector bridge, and from the BKC Connector bridge to the Mahim nullah outfall. M/s Prashant Lad has been awarded the contract for the first phase while Tulja Bhav...