Residents of Versova have been complaining about the piles of garbage in the area for the last many years, but the issue has not been resolved yet. Residents have registered several complaints from time to time, but they claim that the garbage is cleaned the next day and then piles up again. Piling of garbage has remained the crucial issue of the civic infra in the last few years.

Over the past decade, the BMC received a total of 10 lakh complaints and highest among them were related to solid waste management. Over the past 10 years, the civic body has received over 1 lakh (1,02,149) complaints of garbage alone. Residents of Versova are also facing the issue for the last many years and the country’s richest corporation failed to solve the issue despite constant follow-up.