The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) is conducting a special cleanliness campaign across the city in preparation for Diwali from October 15 to 19. The drive focuses on main roads, internal roads, dividers, walkways, intersections, and marketplaces.
Zonal and ward officials have been instructed to carry it out actively in their respective areas to involve local citizens as well as civic workers. The specially assigned "Pink Army" will help carry out the cleanliness drive during evening and night hours. Roads, dividers, walkways, intersections, and markets will be thoroughly cleaned.
Waste, debris, dirt, and building rubble collected from roads and bylanes will be removed and disposed of using proper techniques, according to a BMC Solid Waste Management division representative.
The entire project is a component of BMC's Clean Mumbai programme, which was unveiled last year by the then-chief minister Eknath Shinde and the deputy chief minister. The civic organisation has begun systematically cleaning Mumbai's most visible locations as part of this programme.
In another special cleanup from September 29 to October 13, the BMC conducted extensive cleaning across all administrative wards. The goal was to remove floating debris and maintain the city’s waterways. As per reports, the drive will continue to happen. The campaign will be conducted in a methodical way starting early next year, a civic official stated.
This drive was conducted every day from 11 am to 1 pm. The BMC collected and disposed of 124.55 tonnes of floating waste from nullahs. The two-week operation involved 4,974 workers and used 479 cleaning machines and trucks.
The officials have also shortlisted well-known locations for this initiative, including Haji Ali Dargah, Mumba Devi, and Siddhi Vinayak Temple. The BMC conducted a similar effort in several of Mumbai's most well-known maidaans and gardens earlier this year.
Authorities had already conducted a cleaning campaign at a number of Mumbai's most important religious sites. The BMC also plans to deploy 60 SWM collection vehicles and over 800 sanitation personnel each day for this special campaign.
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