BMC Renames ‘Swachh Mumbai Abhiyan’ As ‘Brihanmumbai Swachhta Seva Yojana’, Proposes Higher Honorarium And User Fee
The BMC has scrapped the ‘Swachh Mumbai Abhiyan’ and renamed it ‘Brihanmumbai Swachhta Seva Yojana’. The revamped scheme will involve 980 agencies for garbage collection and drain cleaning, proposes raising sanitation workers’ honorarium from ₹6,000 to ₹11,000, and may double the ₹20 monthly household user fee.