About 21 per cent of Mumbai’s population is still not connected to its sewage network. According to officials, the total length of the network is 2070 km, but only 79.40 per cent of the population has access to it. The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) is attempting to connect the entire city to the sewage network and has decided to also appoint a consultant to prevent waste from entering stormwater drains, creeks and nullahs. This will also help increase the rainwater-carrying capacity of these channels.

A civic official said, “The existing sewage network serves 85.43 per cent of Mumbai’s area. After creating a 100 per cent network, sewage can be diverted to 
treatment plants.”