Several incidents of illegal dumping of debris were reported from Mankhurd, Shivaji Nagar, Deonar, Govandi, and Trombay. To solve this issue of frequent illegal dumping of waste the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) sought help from Mumbai Traffic Police. The ward officer of M East ward of Mumbai requested the Deputy Police Commissioner (DCP- traffic) to install CCTV on these locations. After collecting proof they will take stringent action against vehicles illegally dumping debris on roads.
Alka Sasane, Assistant Municipal Commissioner of M East Ward wrote a letter to Raju Bhujbal, DCP (eastern suburb - traffic). In her letter she said that numerous complaints have been made to authorities regarding the illegal dumping of debris on major roads in the Mankhurd, Shivaji Nagar, Deonar, Govandi, and Trombay areas. This creates an impact on traffic in these places. If the police find dumpers dumping rubbish on the road, they can take action against the offenders. Nonetheless, the majority of these unauthorized dumper unloads occur late at night. The BMC finds it expensive to continuously clear up this mess.The officials of M East wards conducted a survey and learned that debris was being dumped at Mankhurd Service road, near the major nullah on JM link road at Indian Oil Nagar, near SMS biomedical waste disposal company in Mankhurd, and Agarwadi Signal on Sion-Panvel highway.
Further in her letter, Sasane appealed to DCP (traffic) to direct his officers stationed in the eastern suburbs to take firm action against the cars that dispose of debris illegally. In order for individuals causing trouble to be dealt with, she has also requested that CCTVs be installed at the aforementioned locations.
Presently in Mumbai there are more than 6,000 construction sites. From the past few years the civic body has been struggling to prevent illegal dumping of debris on roads. Some unknown people, late night step out on streets and dump construction debris on roads. Some special squads are formed at ward level to keep an eye on such illegal activities happening in their respective areas. A fine of INR 20,000 was imposed by P North ward on 50 such vehicles in Malad region of Mumbai. They also requested the state transport commissioner to cancel registration of those 50 vehicles in October 2023.On December 20, the BMC appealed to people not to pour trash down the local drains. The civic organization also said it will be pursuing severe measures against the violators. Recently, the BMC started a deep cleaning effort in which equipment and labour are used in each ward every weekend to clean the roads, walkways, gutters, and drains.The civic body is set to appoint private contractors who would go door to door for collecting garbage from the residential buildings as well as slum areas. In a press conference held on December 21, Sudhakar Shinde, Additional Municipal Commissioner, and Head Of the Solid Waste Management (SWM) Department said they will be floating tenders for hiring private contractors who would be responsible for all the cleaning-related works in every locality of Mumbai. They will be responsible for the collection of garbage, cleaning of the lanes and roads, and cleaning the public toilets. Appointed contractors would also be single-handedly responsible for collecting waste and segregation of waste.
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