Mumbai: The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) had been dumping garbage at Mahim Reti Bunder since September last year, without authorisation, in the hope that the Mumbai Port Trust (MbPT) — the owner of the land — would give the BMC requisite permission to construct a waste-compost project on the dumping site. However, despite letters seeking the MbPT's permission, the BMC has still not received the necessary permissions for the waste-compost plant, and has now decided to drop the project. The BMC's G/North ward officials had planned to set up a waste-compost plant and a waste-processing unit at Mahim Reti Bunder and in the heart of the Dharavi slums respectively, to deal with the problem of solid waste management in Mumbai.