The Mumbai civic body told the Bombay High Court today that garbage and solid waste thrown into open storm water drains by people were causing pollution along the metropolitan city's coastline.
In an affidavit filed before a division bench of justices A S Oka and Riyaz Chagla, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation said, "There are 107 storm water drain outfalls which drain into the Arabian sea directly. In suburbs and extended suburbs, open storm water drains are constructed on both sides of the road. The flow from such open drains are discharged into nullahs, creeks or the sea."