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Mumbai: Appt of clean-up marshals delayed due to digital payments software
Updated On: 09 January, 2024 05:07 AM IST | Mumbai | Prajakta Kasale
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The services of clean-up marshals were not renewed in 2022 after the contract ended amid citizens’ complaints of bullying. File pic
The long-pending appointment of clean-up marshals is on hold amid the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation’s (BMC) efforts to set up a digital payment system to collect fines. Many citizens had complained of harassment and fraud by clean-up marshals while collecting fines. Amid the extortion allegations, the BMC did not renew the contract for marshals, which ended in 2022.
The BMC initiated the process of reappointing clean-up marshals during the past year. The initial deployment of clean-up marshals happened in 2006 and a reappointment took place in July 2016. Following Chief Minister Eknath Shinde’s directive to create a garbage-free city, the BMC initiated various plans, one of them being reinstating the services of clean-up marshals. Accordingly, the BMC selected agencies at the ward level two months ago.
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