The devices will check flow of garbage to the sea; will be installed at exit points of six rivers
In order to prevent waste going into sea, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) is going to install floating brooms at the exit points of important rivers.
The civic body will install floating brooms in at exit point in at least six rivers of the city. The broom will prevent floating articles like thermocol or bottle going into the sea.
The BMC has deputed its hundred conservancy workers to clean beaches across the city to clean waste that are left at the shore during high tide almost everyday.
The floating brooms will be installed at the exit points of rivers namely Poisar, Dahisar, Mithi, Oshiwara among others. Vijay Singhal, additional commissioner of BMC (Eastern Suburb), also in charge of Solid Waste Management said that the floating broom will be installed as pilot projects.
"The floating broom will prevent floating materials going into the sea and it will be taken out from the exit point of the river and dumped in the dumping ground," said Singhal.
According to Singhal, the cost of the project is very low and there is no problem in experimenting it. "Since the broom will float in water, it will come down when force of water will be low and waste material will not go into the sea," he said.
Beaches in the city are often littered with polythene bags and other floating material.
According to an official, the exact quantity of waste being found along beaches in the city is not known as it varies season to season.
"During high tide, the quantity of waste is more than usual," said an official from the Solid Waste Management of BMC.
However, he added whatever we find waste at beaches are basically generated from the city which goes to the sea and comes back at shore during tide.
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- The floating brooms will be installed at the exit points of rivers including Poisar, Dahisar, Mithi and Oshiwara.
- The brooms will prevent floating articles like thermocol or bottle going into the sea
- Civic officials said the cost of the project will be very low and there is no harm in experimenting with the floating brooms
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