Owing to the holiday season and an increasingly low participation of elected public representatives, there have been reports of the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan losing steam. However, a different trend has come to light that seems to suggest otherwise.
Owing to the holiday season and an increasingly low participation of elected public representatives, there have been reports of the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan losing steam. However, a different trend has come to light that seems to suggest otherwise.
Data collected from the solid waste management department of the BMC show that there has been a sudden spike in demands for wheeled waste bins across the city.
Interestingly, most of the requests have come from politicians, even though not many of them are visible during the 'shramdaan' (cleaning drive) carried out every Saturday between 11am and 1pm by the BMC and local citizens of an area.
The BMC has received requests for as many as 15,000 wheeled bins with a capacity of 240 litres, and for 20,000 wheeled bins of a 120-litre capacity. Most of the requests have been sent by MLAs and MPs, civic officials informed.
Deputy municipal commissioner of solid waste management department Prakash Patil informed that work orders for a total of 5,675 bins have been issued recently by the BMC.
He added: "The increase in the demand shows that there is a growing awareness about the drive and people are willing to come out and participate in the campaign."
Last month, the BMC had issued strict guidelines to 26 agencies across the city, appealing them to observe the Clean India campaign in their premises.
The agencies include the Railways, the police, collectors of Mumbai city and suburbs, Mumbai Port Trust, Slum Rehabilitation Authority, CPWD, PWD, JJ Hospital, MSRDC, MTDC, MTNL, Reliance Energy, MSEDC, RCF, Western Naval Command, BARC, HPCL, Air Force and MIDC, among others.
The letters were individually sent to the agencies last month by former additional municipal commissioner Vikas Kharge, who was in charge of the solid waste management department of the BMC.
Dr Pallavi Darade has recently occupied the portfolio as the new additional municipal commissioner.
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