BMC says it cleared 77 Mumbai garbage hotspots, targets 128 by year-end

The BMC says it has cleared 77 of 231 Mumbai locations identified as vulnerable to recurring dumping, and plans to address 128 by year-end.

The civic body is cleaning the dumping spots and, at several locations, converting them into public areas with seating for residents. The aim is to keep the spaces in use rather than allow waste to accumulate again.

The BMC has deployed staff to monitor the improved sites and is asking residents to follow waste-disposal rules. The work follows the civic body’s wider action on disposal violations, which recorded 5,256 waste-rule violations in five months.