After allegations of irregularities and blacklisting against a firm finalised to provide lifeguards for the city's beaches, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), at the Standing Committee meeting on Wednesday, rejected the proposal to appoint lifeguards.

During the meeting, a proposal to appoint lifeguards at six city beaches was tabled for approval. However, BJP Corporator Prabhakar Shinde raised the issue of the irregularities by the firm in the contract given by the Maharashtra Tourism Development Corporation (MTDC). Shinde said, "This contractor was penalised for not doing its work properly and later blacklisted by the MTDC. Now, the BMC is awarding the contract to the same firm that has faced action by another government agency."