Mumbai: The BMC has imposed a penalty of over Rs 63 lakh on agencies providing clean-up marshals, who were deployed from last year. The fines have been imposed for a variety of reasons including non-satisfactory work by the clean-up marshals, marshals not attending to chronic spots, marshals visiting construction sites, which is not part of their and marshals not being present 24*7 among other reasons. The clean-up marshals have managed to rake in Rs 4.5 crore in fines from April last year.
The highest penalty of about Rs 31 lakh has been imposed on a security agency providing Clean Up marshals in the BMC F-South ward. Major penalty has been imposed on the agency for non-deployment of full number of marshals at early stage of work. However the agency is yet to pay for the penalty.
The second highest penalty of about Rs 16 lakha has been imposed on the agency providing Clean Up marshals in the R-Central ward. The charges against this agency too are similar and the agency is yet to pay the penalty.
The third highest penalty of about Rs 13 lakh has been imposed on the BMC R-Central ward on similar charges as well on the basis of complaints received against the clean up marshals deployed by the agency.
In the last 11 months, a fine of Rs 4.5 crore has been collected from more than 1.4 lakh citizens. However, while the civic body has allocated 30 clean up marshals in each ward, it was observed that the agencies are deploying lesser number of marshals in some of the wards. BMC Additional Commissioner Ashwini Joshi directed that strict and punitive action be taken against the organizations that are guilty of such misconduct.
Therefore agencies have been directed to immediately appoint the 30 approved clean marshals in each ward.
Joshi also directed that action should be intensified against those who do not classify wet and dry waste, who burn waste in open spaces, who do not properly dispose of tree mulch, and who do not properly dispose of biomedical waste.
Among the fines collected by the Clean Up marshals, clean up marshals in A- ward have collected about Rs 82 lakhs, while clean up marshals at the F-North ward has collected about Rs 29 lakh as fines, similarly the R-Central ward has voll collected a sum of about Rs 37 lakh and the K-East ward has collected about Rs 24 lakh.
Mumbai: The BMC has imposed a penalty of over Rs 63 lakh on agencies providing clean-up marshals, who were deployed from last year. The fines have been imposed for a variety of reasons including non-satisfactory work by the clean-up marshals, marshals not attending to chronic spots, marshals visiting construction sites, which is not part of their and marshals not being present 24*7 among other reasons. The clean-up marshals have managed to rake in Rs 4.5 crore in fines from April last year.
The highest penalty of about Rs 31 lakh has been imposed on a security agency providing Clean Up marshals in the BMC F-South ward. Major penalty has been imposed on the agency for non-deployment of full number of marshals at early stage of work. However the agency is yet to pay for the penalty.
The second highest penalty of about Rs 16 lakha has been imposed on the agency providing Clean Up marshals in the R-Central ward. The charges against this agency too are similar and the agency is yet to pay the penalty.
The third highest penalty of about Rs 13 lakh has been imposed on the BMC R-Central ward on similar charges as well on the basis of complaints received against the clean up marshals deployed by the agency.
In the last 11 months, a fine of Rs 4.5 crore has been collected from more than 1.4 lakh citizens. However, while the civic body has allocated 30 clean up marshals in each ward, it was observed that the agencies are deploying lesser number of marshals in some of the wards. BMC Additional Commissioner Ashwini Joshi directed that strict and punitive action be taken against the organizations that are guilty of such misconduct.
Therefore agencies have been directed to immediately appoint the 30 approved clean marshals in each ward.
Joshi also directed that action should be intensified against those who do not classify wet and dry waste, who burn waste in open spaces, who do not properly dispose of tree mulch, and who do not properly dispose of biomedical waste.
Among the fines collected by the Clean Up marshals, clean up marshals in A- ward have collected about Rs 82 lakhs, while clean up marshals at the F-North ward has collected about Rs 29 lakh as fines, similarly the R-Central ward has voll collected a sum of about Rs 37 lakh and the K-East ward has collected about Rs 24 lakh.
