Leader of the House in the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has devised a strange plan of action to tackle the problem of garbage disposal in the city: appoint two guards at every nullah to prevent people from throwing trash in.
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<img title="A group of people led by Devendra Amberkar from the Congress, surveyed different nullahs in the city recently to check on the progress of the clean-up work" src="http://images.mid-day.com/images/images/2014/aug/Nullah-1.jpg" alt="A group of people led by Devendra Amberkar from the Congress, surveyed different nullahs in the city recently to check on the progress of the clean-up work" /> A group of people led by Devendra Amberkar from the Congress, surveyed different nullahs in the city recently to check on the progress of the clean-up work
With the monsoon set to hit the city soon, the BMC has, in characteristic fashion, maintained its record of not completing the clean-up of nullahs in the city.
<img title="The BMC has failed miserably in clearing out the dirt from this major drains at Shanti Nagar in Wadala" src="http://images.mid-day.com/images/images/2014/aug/Nullah-2.jpg" alt="The BMC has failed miserably in clearing out the dirt from this major drains at Shanti Nagar in Wadala" /> The BMC has failed miserably in clearing out the dirt from this major drains at Shanti Nagar in Wadala
In order to avoid the slush and dirty water from overflowing during the rains, Shiv Sena corporator Trushna Vishwasrao has put forth her suggestion to man the drains and stop people from dumping garbage.
<img title="This nullah at Subhash Nagar in Chembur has become a giant dumpyard" src="http://images.mid-day.com/images/images/2014/aug/Nullah-3.jpg" alt="This nullah at Subhash Nagar in Chembur has become a giant dumpyard" /> This nullah at Subhash Nagar in Chembur has become a giant dumpyard
According to Vishwasrao, one guard should be posted at each end of the 116 majors nullahs to help prevent clogging. Her logic is that the waste dumped anywhere in the drain ultimately gathers at the end, and causes overflowing.
<img title="Filth infringes the drain in Deonar" src="http://images.mid-day.com/images/images/2014/aug/Nullah-4.jpg" alt="Filth infringes the drain in Deonar" /> Filth infringes the drain in Deonar
How this arrangement will prevent indiscriminate disposal of garbage in a nullah more than a kilometre long is left to the imagination. The corporator has also demanded that the same contractors who clean up the drains be posted as guards, and be allowed to impose fines on the guilty.
<img title="Shiv Sena's Trushna Vishwasrao" src="http://images.mid-day.com/images/images/2014/aug/Trushna-Vishwasrao.jpg" alt="Shiv Sena's Trushna Vishwasrao" /> Shiv Sena's Trushna Vishwasrao
She said, &ldquo;I have been demanding to have guards to man the nullahs during the monsoon, but nothing has been done so far. The BMC can easily deploy the same staff that is doing the pre-monsoon work currently. These people can fine those who have been dumping waste.&rdquo;
A band of people led by opposition leader Devendra Amberkar of the Congress swooped in on different nullahs in the city to check on the progress of the clean-up work.
The visit exposed the civic authority&rsquo;s shoddy effort, which cost the taxpayer R90 crore. Many drains were overflowing with silt and waste, even though the deadline for completing the work was May 31.
Amberkar told mid-day, &ldquo;We visited 5-6 nullahs and all were filled with waste. The civic body has cleaned the parts visible from roadside, but the inner parts aren&rsquo;t cleaned completely.&rdquo;
At many places, the silt scooped out from the gutters was heaped by the road. Besides raising a stink, this will flow right back into the nullahs when it rains. Norms dictate that the silt has to be dumped at the civic dumping grounds.

After BMC's effort to clean up city's nullahs failed, Leader of the House Trushna Vishwasrao wants a guard at each end of the 116 nullahs through the rains to stop people from throwing trash

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