While on one hand, Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Swachh Bharat campaign has kicked off with much pomp and show, Mumbai is all set to lose its clean-up marshals. The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation has decided not to renew the contract of the 720 clean-up marshals in the city. 

The clean-up marshal scheme has been under the scanner for a while as there have been reports of corruption and misconduct against them. The programme, introduced in 2006 by the BMC, also found opposition with the civic corporators, who allege that the clean-up marshals often fine people irrationally.