25 April,2025 05:37 PM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondent
The special drive drive will be conducted under the guidance of BMC Commissioner Bhushan Gagrani. Representational Pic/File
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC)on Friday announced that it has planned a major cleanliness drive at the city's religious sites from April 28 to May 9, the officials said.
The drive will take place daily (April 28 to May 9) from 11 am to 1 pm and will be carried out with the joint efforts of volunteers, citizens, and BMC's solid waste management (SWM) department, they said.
An official statement said that the initiative is part of BMC's cleanliness campaign in the city, which has already covered smaller streets, alleyways, government and private hospitals, highways, schools, and playgrounds.
The BMC is now focusing on cleaning religious places across Mumbai, it said.
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The cleanliness drive will include cleaning the areas around religious sites, parking lots, waste collection points, and footpaths. It will be executed using mechanical cleaning equipment as well as manual labour. The process will also involve removing obstructions, collecting garbage, and washing the entire area with water, it said.
BMC's solid waste management department has been regularly maintaining cleanliness in Mumbai, but the special campaign aims to ensure a deeper and more thorough cleaning of religious places, with coordination from trustees and relevant authorities at each site, the statement said.
The drive will be conducted under the guidance of BMC Commissioner Bhushan Gagrani, and the Additional Municipal Commissioner (City), Dr. Ashwini Joshi. It will be overseen by Kiran Dighevkar, Deputy Commissioner (Solid Waste Management).
Dighevkar, speaking about the campaign, encouraged voluntary organisations and citizens to actively participate in the cleanliness drive.
He said that the drive's success will depend on collective efforts and invited local ward offices to ensure active participation. The aim of the initiative is to keep Mumbai clean and beautiful, in line with the ongoing mission of promoting a clean environment across the city.
BMC launches special waste collection service for used sanitary pads, diapers and expired medicines in Mumbai
Meanwhile, the BMC has introduced a new service for the collection of household sanitary and special care waste in Mumbai, an official statement said on Tuesday.
The introduction of the new service aims to ensure safe and proper disposal of items like used sanitary pads, diapers, expired medicines, and waste from beauty parlours and women's hostels, the officials said.
"Starting from April 22, 2025, housing societies, beauty salons, women's hostels, and also educational institutions can register to get this service from the civic body in Mumbai," an official said.
The civic body's new initiative has been named as 'Domestic Sanitary & Special Care Waste Collection Service' which will be launched by the BMC's Solid Waste Management Department, the official statement said.
The BMC will begin the actual collection from 1st May 2025.
