Cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar has asked the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) to find long-term solutions to the problems, related to health and lack of basic amenities, faced by slum-dwellers residing near the waste dumping ground in Deonar, which saw frequent fires recently.

In a letter to Municipal Commissioner Ajoy Mehta, the Rajya Sabha MP urged him to find long-term solutions to the problems related to health and lack of basic amenities being faced by slum-dwellers residing near the ground.