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Thane: The solid waste management (SWM) department of the civic body has started the process of floating tenders for manual door-to-door waste collection from over 1.90 lakh tenements across 127 slum settlements in the city.The proposal, which was discussed in 2018-19 civic budget aims to ensure 100 per cent solid waste collection from slums that are not easily accessible by the current civic waste collection vehicles. The pictures would need to be uploaded on a daily basis on the mobile application along with complete details of slum dwellers, their address, mobile numbers, etc. If such information and pictures are not provided every day, a fine of Rs 200 will be levied on the agency responsible If such information and pictures are not provided every day, a fine of Rs 200 will be levied on the agency responsible. Accordingly, civic officials have already started inviting agencies..