The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) will have to struggle to follow the recent High Court order, restraining any new developments around the city's dumping grounds.
Though the civic body has already taken up several measures and new projects to reduce the burden of waste on the dumping grounds and control pollution levels, the BMC will have to struggle to ensure that the HC ban on any new developments around dumping grounds is implemented.
Municipal commissioner Ajoy Mehta said, "We are waiting for a copy of the High Court order. Once we get the copy, the decision over the dumping grounds will be taken accordingly. We are already doing our best to manage the waste. A few tenders have also been issued in this regard."
BMC had recently simplified the norms for building permissions, under the ease of doing business plan, for new developments. But after the recent HC order, several projects will be stalled. The HC has, however, allowed SRA schemes, hospitals and other necessary amenities in these areas.
Mumbai was recently certified the best city among the mega cities in India and was announced 10th cleanest city in the country in a survey conducted for Swachh Bharat Abhiyan. The city was at the 147th position on the list of Swachh Bharat Abhiyan survey last year.
With the city comprising 52 per cent slums, BMC lifts garbage three times daily, and 40 per cent of the city's garbage is scientifically processed. The civic body is also planning to have its compost plant in place by January 2017.
