Dumping trash in nullahs has cost hundreds of city residents R200 each since last week. According to the B rihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), their nuisance detection squads started fining people after spreading awareness for a week and have so far collected a total of R1,27,500 from four of the 24 municipal wards, this paper stated in a report.

The civic body's top brass has claimed that the fines are being levied with an aim to bring about a change in people with reference to their attitude towards sanitation. BMC Commissioner Praveen Pardeshi has said the civic body's main focus is on areas around slums and near nullahs as people living there are the major reason for the problem.