Overview

• The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation’s ₹4,000 crore tender to outsource door-to-door waste collection across 22 wards closed July 18 with 48 firms submitting bids
• Sanitation workers postponed their planned walkout until July 23 after staging a protest at Azad Maidan and meeting Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis
• Union leaders secured a pledge that no permanent or contractual staff will lose their jobs and that displaced motor loaders will be reassigned to sweeping duties
• Workers have warned they will launch an indefinite strike if formal guarantees on workforce levels, service conditions and housing rights are not finalized by the July 23 deadline
• Technical evaluation of bids is set to begin immediately with final contractor selection expected about a month after the tender close