As the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) pressed for clean-up marshals on Mumbai’s streets since April this year, data from the civic body shows that so far, around 1.18 lakh violators have been fined for violating solid waste management (SWM). Rules in Mumbai. The BMC collected a total revenue of Rs 3.41 crore this year by fining violators.
Violations of SWM rules include littering and spitting in public places, littering among others.
The civic body’s data shows that of the total violators, 68,974 violators or 58% were fined in the island city, while from suburban Mumbai, a total of 49,558 persons were fined.
The lion’s share of these fines was recovered from A ward, where a total of Rs 63.33 lakh or 18% of the total revenue was generated by civic marshals fining 31,960 violators. A Ward covers prime locations such as Marine Drive, Gateway of India, Ministry etc.
Further, BMC data shows that Rs 22.6 lakh was collected by fining 8,709 violators from F/North ward covering Parel, Sion and Antop Hill areas, while Rs 28.44 lakh was collected from R/Middle (Borivali) ward by fining 8,328 violators. .
The least 440 violators were fined from T ward, followed by 1,080 violators from M/West (Chembur) ward and 1,297 from B ward (Sandhurst Road, Dongri).
“Many of these places like Marine Drive, Mantri and Gateway of India record a large influx of people from outside Mumbai. Among the violators we have booked, there are a large number of tourists who come to these places for entertainment. As a result, the number of fines from here is also high,” said a citizen. said the official.
The BMC data also shows that the civic authorities had deployed the highest number of 118 marshals in A ward and a total of 1,087 marshals are currently employed in Mumbai. According to the BMC’s Solid Waste Management (SWM) rules, civic bodies have imposed a fine of Rs 200 on littering and spitting, Rs 500 on littering by domestic animals in public places and Rs 1,000 on those washing vehicles and throwing faeces. In public places. A fine of Rs 100 should be paid for burning garbage.
First introduced in 2008, cleanup marshals have been instrumental in enforcing cleanliness discipline in the city. During the pandemic, marshals were responsible for collecting fines from those seen without masks in public places.
The last contract employing Marshall expired in 2022, after which it was not renewed until April 2024.
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