As garbage piles up, BMC's contract system for waste management fails

Mumbai | Wednesday | 21st November, 2018

Summary:

With complaints pouring in regarding irregular garbage lifting from localities, corporators have begun complaining that waste remains strewn till afternoon. Vidyarthi Singh, corporator from Borivali, alleged that since the new contractor was appointed, garbage lifting has suffered. The contractor is sending only two labourers with a mini compactor, or a maximum of four labourers with a dumper. The civic body's decision of assigning all work to a single contractor didn't even go well with the BMC's own conservancy workers. "For the last three days, garbage was lying untouched in many parts of the ward," he said..