To hire new contractors, increase number of machines used for cleaning beaches in the city
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has acted after Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis pulled up the civic body over the city's beaches being littered with garbage. Apart from hiring new contractors, the civic body will maximise the number of machines used to clean the beaches.
Early this week, CM Fadnavis had asked BMC chief Ajoy Mehta to come up with a comprehensive mechanism to handle littered beaches in the city.
Vijay Singhal, Additional Municipal Commissioner (eastern suburbs) and incharge of Solid Waste Management (SWM) said that the civic body will have a different approach for dry and wet weather. "During monsoon, the beaches are found more littered than during dry weather," said Singhal. He added that manpower as well as machines will be deputed as per the need and requirements of each season.
"We have already prepared tender for Juhu and Versova beaches and soon the proposal will be tabled in the standing committee for approval," said Singhal. He added that they have made a number of revisions in the tender to change the way beaches are cleaned.
During dry weather, around 50 tonnes of garbage is generated everyday. But this doubles and triples during monsoon. "Juhu beach alone generates around 20 tonnes of garbage everyday during dry season but garbage generation touches upto 80 tonnes during monsoon," said an official from BMC's SWM department.
In addition, the civic body is also working on installing floating brooms at points where nullahs meet the sea. "The garbage collected at the exit points of rivers or nullahs would be later lifted manually or mechanically," said Singhal.
As per the plan, the floating brooms will be installed at the exit points of rivers namely Boisar, Dahisar, Mithi, Oshiwara, Love river and Clove river. "The garbage that goes to sea from rivers or nullah comes back to the sea during high tide," said Singhal.
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