With only five days remaining until the May 31 deadline, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) reports that desilting of the Mithi River is only 62.26% complete. BMC officials and standing committee members have expressed skepticism regarding this progress, citing a lack of sufficient machinery and laborers on-site. Additionally, the BMC is still in the process of relocating residents along the river, complicating the desilting efforts. This year's operations have been marred by a previous desilting scam, which resulted in the arrest of contractors for submitting fraudulent bills. Consequently, the BMC had to award the desilting contract to a firm without prior experience in cleaning the Mithi River. Despite these challenges, an assistant municipal commissioner stated that the contractor has performed satisfactorily. Furthermore, while retaining walls have been constructed along 17 km of the river, the completion of the remaining stretch is stalled due to the presence of approximately 500 slum tenements. Rehabilitation efforts are ongoing but are not expected to be finalized before the monsoon season.