Mumbai: Now, BMC ward officers must spend half a day supervising sanitary work

Updated On: 04 October, 2023 07:48 AM IST | Mumbai | Prajakta Kasale

The chief minister has strongly slammed the BMC over the lack of cleanliness in public places and toilets

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Chief Minister Eknath Shinde and Governor Ramesh Bais in the ‘Swachhata Hi Seva’ programme by BMC at Girgaon Chowpatty on October 2. Pic/Sameer Markande

In a meeting on Tuesday to improve cleanliness in public places and toilets, the BMC administrator directed deputy municipal commissioners to visit their administrative ward for half a day every day to supervise the sanitary work. The move comes after Chief Minister Eknath Shinde strongly expressed dissatisfaction over the cleanliness. The BMC had held at least two meetings in September on the issue and asked the DMCs to take a round in their wards for two hours every day. But even after it, there hasn’t been much impact on the ground. Former municipal commissioner I S Chahal also asked SRA officials to improve the sanitation of toilets under their authority within a month as the CM had visited an SRA building on Sunday and slammed BMC officials after seeing the toilets were unclean.

CM’s visit

On Sunday, after a one-hour cleanliness drive under the Swachhata Hi Seva campaign, the CM made a surprise visit to Vatsalabai Naik Nagar SRA colony in Kurla and asked the residents whether the toilets were being cleaned five times a day. After getting a negative response from them, he warned of strict action to the accompanying BMC officials. Shinde also instructed Chahal to take stringent action against the concerned officers in areas where public toilets are not being cleaned five times a day. On Monday, there were two meetings held at the BMC, on improving facilities for sanitation work and to discuss the Vatsalabai Naik Nagar issue. In the first meeting, BMC officials discussed overall garbage and cleaning issues.

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