The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) will send out clean-up marshals to inspect all of Mumbai’s municipal hospitals for hygienic conditions starting next week.
Troops designated by the local government as “clean up marshals” have the authority to fine anyone who trash in public areas. The marshals are also in charge of carrying out the ordinances pertaining to solid waste management (SWM).
Dr. Sudhakar Shinde, an additional municipal commissioner, stated to The Indian Express on Saturday that “clean-up marshals will be deployed at public hospitals starting next week. There will be a team of 10 marshals in each hospital.” In this respect, a directive has been made.
“This step is being adopted to ensure that these health institutions maintain sanitation and hygiene standards. The marshals will educate the community about sanitation and hygiene in addition to enforcing penalties, according to Shinde.
The marshals would be progressively assigned to each of Mumbai’s six civic hospitals, according to civic officials. Afterwards, marshals could be stationed on private hospital property upon request. The clean-up marshals’ previous contract expired in March 2022, so they returned to patrol Mumbai’s streets in April of this year.
Cleanup marshals, who were first deployed in the city in 2008, have played a significant role in enforcing cleanliness regulations. The marshals were in charge of collecting fines from people who were found in public areas during the epidemic without masks.
The marshals are currently stationed in five municipal wards, and in the past month, the BMC has collected Rs 3.34 lakh in fines from those who have violated the law. According to the BMC’s SWM ordinances, the most prevalent fine for littering, soiling, and spitting in public areas is Rs 200, according to the authorities.
Additional marshals would be deployed in the remaining Mumbai civic wards during the course of the next month, according to civic officials.
“The marshals must go through police verification before they are deployed because they are in charge of enforcing and collecting penalties from citizens. Due to the police officers’ election-related duties, the verification process is currently taking longer than usual. More marshals will be stationed in the remaining municipal wards as soon as the remaining batches are confirmed, an official informed Express.
