Navi mumbai airport diverts river,remember flooding of airport 2005; due to diverted mithi river- mistake repeated

CNN

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Flattened hills and diverted rivers: India’s new mega-airport opens after decades of delays | CNN

8 October 2025 - For the city, long throttled by a single overburdened airport, it’s an engineering feat. The airport has been nearly 20 years in the making, a process that involved flattening hills, diverting rivers and bridging creeks.

Mongabay

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Sky-bound Navi Mumbai airport leaves project-affected behind

28 October 2019 - Delayed by years, the development work for Navi Mumbai international airport is going in full swing. Blasting of hills, levelling for ground and diversion of the Ulwe river for the project has already begun.

Times of India

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River fury strikes back at Navi Mumbai airport site where diversion work is on | Navi Mumbai News - Times of India

24 September 2020 - In a latest letter written to the ... Action Trust has pointed out that it is alarming that five local rivers (Ulwe, Gadhi, Taloja, Kalundri and Kasadi) have to be diverted for the airport construction....

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River fury hits back at Navi Mumbai airport site, drowns 4 JCBs, 3 dumpers | Navi Mumbai News - Times of India

25 September 2020 - In the latest letter written to ... Action Trust has pointed out that it is alarming that five rivers — Ulwe, Gadhi, Taloja, Kalundri and Kasadi — have to be diverted to construct the airport....

ulwe river is diverted around Navi mumbai airport exactly same as mithi river is diverted around main airport

MUMBAI AIRPORT 2005 FLOODS

An aerial view of the airport in Bombay, India, Thursday, Aug. 4, 2005. The death toll from last weeks floods due to heavy rains in and around Bombay has reached 987. The flooding shut the citys airports, Indias busiest, over the weekend and Monday. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi)