2,000 Mumbai Redevelopment Projects’ Debris Reported Missing
Representative AI image MUMBAI: A civic investigation has revealed that tonnes of construction debris from nearly 2,000 redevelopment projects intended for designated disposal sites have not been reaching their intended locations, according to officials from Mumbai Mirror. Environmentalists suspect that this waste has been sold to land mafia for illegal encroachment on Mumbai’s mangrove and wetland areas. This significant environmental oversight came to light when the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) examined documents and discovered that builders had repeatedly listed just seven sites as waste disposal locations for over 2,000 projects. “There is no way that so much debris could fit…