Littering? Watch Out For UPI-Outfitted Clear-Up Marshals Deployed By BMC

Mumbai: The BMC, on Tuesday, deployed its new groups of clean-up marshals to penalise residents for littering, rubbish burning and unlawful dumping of waste. These groups have been appointed on a pilot foundation in A-ward (Colaba, Churchgate space) and C ward (Kalbadevi, Marine Strains). For transparency, penalties will likely be collected on-line.

The scheme to have marshals in each civic ward was launched in 2007. Nonetheless, it was discontinued a number of occasions amidst extortion allegations.

The final contract led to 2022, however marshals are wanted to self-discipline the town and to forestall rubbish being dumped in public locations, officers mentioned. So, the BMC got here up with the thought of introducing a digital mode of cost and police verification of marshals. The net penalty platform was developed by the BMC’s IT division.

They’re outfitted with a small printer related to their cellular by bluetooth. They’ll print the receipt of the penalty and the quantity will likely be deposited of their company.

The marshals have the authority to impose fines starting from Rs100 to Rs1,000 for littering. They’re authorised to penalise people for unlawful rubbish and particles dumping, burning waste, spitting, littering, and never selecting up pet waste.