Dumping garbage in nullahs? BMC will fine you up to Rs 1,250
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) will now penalise citizens, with the maximum penalty up to Rs 1,250, guilty of dumping trash in nullahs and public places around railway stations, tracks and slums.
The decision to penalise is a bid to ensure public places and stormwater drains don’t get clogged in the monsoon. Earlier this month, civic commissioner Praveen Pardeshi in his pre-monsoon preparedness meeting with all departments had directed officials to cut water supply if any society was found dumping trash in nullahs.
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