Overview
- BMC chief Ashwini Bhide made an unannounced inspection at the Dharmashala Chowki waste facility in Bandra West, met sanitation staff, checked attendance records, and ordered tighter hygiene measures.
- She told ward teams to make cleanliness visible across public spaces and pressed for stronger coordination between departments to keep streets, bus stops, and surrounding areas tidy.
- The commissioner directed daily early-morning checks by senior ward officials to confirm timely garbage pickup, clear roadside debris, and use mechanized cleaning where available, with warnings issued to contractors for lapses.
- For pre-monsoon road work, the civic body earmarked Rs 105 crore for pothole repairs with two Rs 30-crore contracts for the Western and Eastern Express Highways, multiple tenders by road width, and a cold-mix procurement.
- Officials linked the lower outlay to the Rs 17,000-crore concreting program nearing 75% completion, which cut mastic use by half and is expected to mean fewer potholes for commuters during the monsoon.