The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation is ready to revive the clean-up marshal project with a new and more disciplined plan for the same. In order to curb the menace of extortion reported against the marshals, the civic body has introduced new rules and regulations in its contract for the project.
According to the new rules, the BMC can fine the concerned institution with up to Rs 30,000 if their clean-up marshal is found guilty.
The civic body had appointed clean-up marshals to collect spot fine in the year 2006 and in July 2016 on an annual contract. However, the project was marred with complaints of extortion against marshals both the times. The contract of 2016 ended in 2017 but received an extension for a year from the standing committee.
The contract stands for four months and then for three months. With the new contract, these terms and conditions will change too.
According to the proposal, the civic body will appoint 24 private institutes in 24 wards. Each ward will have 30 marshals. The marshals can slap a fine anywhere between Rs 100 to Rs 1,000 against littering. The eligibility criteria for clean-up marshals is that they should have cleared the tenth or twelfth grade.
The institute must take a character verification certificate from the police to check criminal records before hiring the marshals.
A three-stage complaint process has been put into place for anyone who wants to make a complaint against marshals. If the clean-up marshal is found guilty, the BMC can slap a fine of Rs 10,000 on concerned institute in the first instance.
The fine will double on the second instance and will increase up to Rs 30,000 in the third instance with the same institute. On the fourth incident, the BMC will blacklist the company for the next seven years.
The municipal corporation is hoping that the move will improve cleanliness. The marshals collected fine amounting to Rs 1.11 crore from August 2018 to December 2018. Earlier, in two years, the marshal collected Rs 9 crore and Rs 8 crore, respectively.
ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA
The eligibility criteria for clean-up marshals is that they should have cleared the tenth or twelfth grade. The institute must take character verification certificate from the police to check crime records before hiring the clean-up marshals
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