Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde has expressed its displeasure over Mumbai’s rank slipping in National Swachh Survekshan in 2023 despite several cleanliness drives since last year. For the unversed, in the survey, Mumbai was ranked at 37.
Therefore, Shinde has now instructed the ward officials to take daily rounds of their respective areas and ensure to keep them clean.
Shinde heavily came down on the civic officials of the solid waste management (SWM) department during a review meeting on the deep cleaning drive on Tuesday, January 23.
In the meeting, he also questioned the civic officials about why a city like Mumbai has slipped in the ranking.
The meeting was attended by guardian minister (suburbs) Mangal Prabhat Lodha, MP Rahul Shewale, additional municipal commissioner Dr Sudhakar Shinde, Dr Ashwini Joshi, P Velrasu and Ashwini Bhide and several other officials of the SWM department.
The chief minister instructed civic officials to arrange extra manpower and hire more tankers to wash 1,000 km of roads daily. Currently, BMC is washing 550 km of roads daily.
The cleanliness drive should be conducted on every road and lane across the city. The public toilets should be cleaned five times a day. The effect of the drive should be seen in the city.
He has also asked the ward officials of all the 24 administrative wards to take rounds of their areas daily from 7 am - 1 pm and take necessary action if they see garbage and debris on the road.
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