Two weeks ahead of Ganeshotsava, Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) commissioner and state-appointed administrator, Iqbal Singh Chahal, has asked all 24 ward officers of Mumbai to ensure that all garbage-related complaints are addressed immediately, and has also asked officers to regularly inspect their wards.Chahal’s order comes days after the ward officer in Byculla was transferred after Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, during his visit to Mazgaon, had expressed displeasure about sanitation issues in that ward.
Chahal also ordered his officials to prioritise complaints related to cleanliness issued by Ganapati Samanvaya Committee. The commissioner has also said that officers from wards wherein maximum number of hygiene related complaints will be registered would be penalised, while ward officials who maintain cleanliness in their ward will be felicitated.
In his message to officials, Chahal also said that since the CM visits several pandals for darshan during the festival, any complaints related to this issue will be dealt with seriously.
Meanwhile, civic officials maintained that wards are being regularly inspected. “The commissioner has asked us to inspect wards twice a day, which is going to be bit problematic due to dearth of manpower. But we have ramped up our action and are addressing all complaints immediately,” said a ward official.
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Another official said, “The main issue is in slum areas, since waste from residential buildings is dumped in a disciplined manner inside garbage vans. This can only be solved in entirety through policy making.”
Meanwhile members of Brihanmumbai Sarvajanik Ganeshotsav Samanvay Samiti had met CM Shinde last week, and were asked to ensure the city remains clean.
“Ganeshotsava is a major festival and we want officials to consider the cleanliness issue seriously, since the city will get visitors not just from across the country but also from overseas,” said Naresh Dahibhavkar, who heads the samiti
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