 After the 2005 Maharashtra floods, where more than a 100 people lost their lives, the BMC has undertaken a desilting and widening project to clean up the river and prevent future flooding.Unregulated urbanisation has resulted in severe environmental degradation like the narrowing of riverbanks for housing at Leprosy Colony, located between Dahisar and Borivli, and Tabelas (Cowsheds).The river has been frequently diverted due to dumping of construction debris/solid waste/industrial waste in the region from Western Railway Tracks on Dahisar West up to Dahisar Bridge and dumping of solid waste generated at Stables near Daulat Nagar and areas near S.V.Road.