BMC sets aside ₹15 lakh per ward for Mumbai road-dust cleanup before Diwali

Mumbai’s 24 wards have been allocated ₹15 lakh each for a road-dust cleanup drive from October 28 to November 7, ahead of Diwali and Mumbai’s winter air-quality season.

The BMC plans to use mechanical sweepers, water sprinklers, misting machines, JCBs, dumpers and litter pickers on major roads and dust-prone stretches. The work will cover medians, dividers, traffic islands, footpaths and kerbs, with collected dust and silt removed for disposal.

Named routes include the BKC Connector, Sion-LBS Connector Road, the Eastern and Western Express Highways, Jogeshwari-Vikhroli Link Road, Ghatkopar-Mankhurd Road, SV Road, Link Road, Carter Road and Sion-Mankhurd Road.

Assistant engineers in the Solid Waste Management department will prepare daily action plans with ward-level assistant commissioners. Officials must submit ward-wise daily reports with geo-tagged before-and-after photographs and videos, details of the machinery and staff used, and the waste removed. Zonal engineers may arrange additional resources where needed.