In this new scheme, there will 25 marshals in each ward and one private agency will not get more than five wards to man.
In an attempt to keep the city clean and beautiful, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has passed a proposal to revive the clean-up scheme, which will now see 25 marshals manning each ward with a maximum fine of Rs10,000 for littering and spitting.
The BMC standing committee yesterday passed the proposal for the new scheme, under which the civic body will be appointing six agencies to implement the 'Greater Mumbai Cleanliness and Health Bylaws 2006', for keeping the city waste-free for a period of one year.
The BMC had decided that around 30% of marshals will supervise locations selected only by the ward officer for creating public awareness about cleanliness. In the last three years, the earlier clean-up scheme collected a revenue of Rs1 crore.
"In this new scheme, there will 25 marshals in each ward and one private agency will not get more than five wards to man. But sharing of revenues will be based on the earlier formula, with the agency sharing 50% of revenue collection with the civic body," additional municipal commissioner Manisha Mhaiskar said.
According to the data available with the civic body, clean-up marshals, on an average, collected Rs2 lakh per day, of which 50% was given to the BMC and the contractors kept the remaining amount.
"The important feature of the new scheme is that the maximum fine has been brought down from Rs20,000 to Rs10,000. In addition to this, the marshals will have limited powers in the scheme, with civic ward officers having a major say in slapping fine. While collecting a highest fine of Rs10,000, the marshals have to seek the approval of concerned ward officers," Mhaiskar said.
The scheme was introduced in 2007 and the clean-up marshals were given the authority to fine people for littering and spitting.
The BMC had authorised private agencies to provide these marshals because it faced a staff crunch. However, the scheme was discontinued after corporators accused the marshals of high-handedness and of extorting money from builders and doctors instead of doing their jobs.
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