On September 1, Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde had demanded retaliation on those who neglect Mumbai's cleanliness.
CM Shinde also directed the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) chief Iqbal Singh Chahal to keep the city clean, and emphasised the importance of maintaining cleanliness not only on the city's main thoroughfares but also on all of its lanes.
Despite the Chief Minister's strong directions and the BMC's lofty assertions that it is acting, the efforts taken by the BMC to eliminate waste from different locations have not satisfied the public. The BMC is allegedly only making knee-jerk replies, according to Mumbai residents, and waste just keeps building up.
CMO’s statement read “No laxity will be tolerated in terms of cleanliness across the city. The matter should be taken seriously by the sanitation department of the BMC.”
Although Bandra and Khar societies have their own sweeping crews and garbage collectors who separate waste, trash can still be observed in lanes and on corners here. Many locals in the Khar and Santacruz regions continue to complain about the trash and garbage piling up on the street. Citizens here are claiming that one day the officials come and clear the area, the next day again the garbage piles up, and then the trash will lie there for a week. They allege that BMC is quite slow at cleaning the city.
Residents are aware that their own neighbors dump trash. While some people hire contractors to remove debris, they cut corners and keep the cash instead. Additionally, societies do not pay to remove green trash. Only wet trash is collected by sweepers.
Furthermore, Sakinaka locals frequently grumbled about trash accumulation. Sakinaka residents question why can’t BMC improve its garbage collection system from slum areas.
Every coin has two sides. If Khar, Bandra, and Sakinaka residents complain of excess garbage dumps in their area, Versova residents who complained about overflowing dustbins two months ago are now relieved. Residents of Versova are stating that although all the spots are not fully clean, the situation is much better now. The BMC officials have made such arrangements that traffic is not disturbed now because of garbage piles.
On September 4, the BMC held a review meeting with all the relevant officials. To encourage civic discipline, a long-term public awareness campaign was envisioned. On the model of the WhatsApp hotline set up as per the CM's directions, a separate app will be created to monitor the solid waste system. A total of 1,748 workers have been engaged to expedite the cleaning operation. The deployment of 186 vehicles, including JCBs and dumpers, is done. All departments' assistant commissioners, deputy commissioners, and joint commissioners perform daily inspections within their respective jurisdictions. Compliance with the directives given during the inspections will be reviewed after their area-by-area visits.
CM Shinde saw that Mumbai's streets were in terrible shape and unclean since trash, clutter, and rubbish were lying in the open while traveling back from an event conducted at Mazgaon Dock. He called BMC chief Chahal after seeing the poor conditions of the roads and gave him the order to clean every nook and corner around the city.
The civic chief was instructed to send out every required personnel, including municipal corporation sanitation staff as well as assistant commissioners, ward officials, and sanitation inspectors to maintain the cleanliness in the city.
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