Rs 500-crore plan to clean up the Mula-Mutha river

November 3, 2026

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The Pune Metropolitan Region Development Authority proposed a Rs 500-crore project on October 29, 2026, to reduce sewage pollution across 107 kilometers of the Mula-Mutha river by August 2030.¹ A joint committee report from July 2026 found severe oxygen depletion and organic pollution in the Mula river from untreated sewage discharge, linked to fish deaths.¹ This river is a key wintering habitat for Garganey and other migratory waterfowl that arrive each October.¹

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