Mumbaikars will now have to pay for disposal of their garbage. The civic body has reintroduced its plan of charging people for collecting and processing their solid waste and started the pilot project yesterday in F South ward. The aim is to reduce the need for dumping grounds, said a civic official.

The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has appointed an NGO to collect the waste and the fee from residential societies and commercial establishments in F South ward. According to the BMC's plan, each family will have to shell out R60 per month and the commercial establishments R150 every month.