BMC calls for meeting with residents over death of fishes in Banganga tank

Municipal workers collect dead fish from the alleged polluted waters of Banganga Tank at Walkeshwar, in Mumbai, on October 5, 2026. | Photo Credit: -

As hundreds of fish were found dead in the historic Banganga Tank in Mumbai’s Walkeshwar, Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) is set to hold a meeting with local residents and priests this week.

BMC has to step to discuss the measures to prevent death of fishes in the tank as the deaths has become a yearly concern. According to BMC official, around same time every year, Ban Ganga tank, which was built in was built in AD 1127, has seen death of fishes.