According to a data revealed by the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) in its climate budget report, there are 100 flooding hotspots across the city. With this, it also suggested that nearly 35 per cent of the city's population resides within 250 square metres of the flood-prone areas.
On World Environment Day, June 5, the civic body unveiled its first Climate Budget Report for 2024–25. This makes Mumbai the first city in India and fourth worldwide to publish such a report, joining Oslo, New York, and London.
The report was presented by Ashwini Joshi, an additional municipal commissioner, at the BMC headquarters. It disclosed that the civic body has set aside INR 10,224.24 crore for climate-related initiatives in Mumbai. This allocation represents approximately 32.18% of the total INR 31,774.59 crore capital expenditure.
The budget includes an additional INR 2,163.8 crore for projects that align with some components of the Mumbai Climate Action Plan (MCAP). These projects include landscaping, LED lighting, sewage treatment plants, and rooftop solar in new construction. The aim is to bring Mumbai's emissions to net zero.
The biggest share of the budget is allocated to urban flood and water resource management. This includes sewage projects, rainwater channels, Mumbai sewerage projects, sewage operations, water supply projects, and sanitation-related activities in solid waste management.
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