According to the information received, MMRDA spent Rs 2, 71,848 for the period between January 11 to February 10, Rs 2,71,848 between March 8 to April 7 and Rs 2,08,138 between April 8 to April 30. Also, within those four months, there was no maintenance work carried out for 35 days on the skywalks.
Over Rs 2 lakh spent for cleaning purpose of the skywalks in Bandra, Santacruz and Vile Parle over a period of one month and yet they never look clean. The cleaning and sweeping of these skywalks is looked after by the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA).
Iamin had filed an RTI regarding the amount of money spent on the maintenance of five skywalks, including one in Vile Parle, two in Santacruz and two in Bandra, between January 2013 and December 2014. In response to the RTI, MMRDA officials stated that in the first four months of 2013, Rs 7.50 lakhs was spent on getting the skywalks cleaned. However, from May onwards the maintenance rights were handed over to a private advertising agency.
According to the information received, MMRDA spent Rs 2, 71,848 for the period between January 11 to February 10, Rs 2,71,848 between March 8 to April 7 and Rs 2,08,138 between April 8 to April 30. Also, within those four months, there was no maintenance work carried out for 35 days on the skywalks.
Dilshad Sheikh, sweeper on the Bandra Skywalk, claimed, “We complete our eight hours of duty on a daily basis and get only Sundays off. Two sweepers are assigned per skywalk and we are paid Rs. 6000 each, per month.”
However, commuters have a different story to tell. Smita Bhingarde, 22, who regularly uses the Vile Parle skywalk, said, "I have hardly seen anybody sweeping the skywalk. All you see is paan stains colouring the railings and dustbins. I do not understand where do all the funds spent on cleaning the skywalks actually go, if they continue to remain so filthy all the time.”
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