Dumping trash in nullahs has cost hundreds of city residents Rs 200 each since last week. According to the civic body, the nuisance detection squads started fining people after spreading awareness for a week and have so far collected a total of Rs 1,27,500 from four of the 24 municipal wards.

The highest number of people were fined in M East ward , from where the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has collected Rs 83,000. The squads in G South have collected R24,000, F North R11,000 and N ward R9,500, said senior officials citing the date collected so far.