Are Mumbai’s recurring monsoon flooding problems leading back to the Mithi? A mid-day analysis of the BMC’s Flood Preparedness Guidelines 2026 shows that five of the seven wards recording the highest number of waterlogging incidents over the past decade lie in or overlap the river’s catchment.

Between 2016 and 2025, recurring waterlogging was recorded across Kurla, Kalina, Bandra-Kurla Complex (BKC), Santacruz, Sakinaka, Powai, Vikhroli, Dharavi and Mahim — several of them connected to the Mithi and its network of nullahs. The 18-km river originates at Vihar Lake inside Sanjay Gandhi National Park and flows southwest through the city before emptying into Mahim Bay.