The city’s sanitation workers will soon don dark blue and orange uniforms and the khaki look will be gradually phased out. While the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has brought about his change on a pilot basis at the A ward, a workers union has objected to the change and demanded that employees not be asked to wear the new uniform.

A civic official said, “Under the Swachh Bharat Mission, a new uniform has been designed for sanitation workers. We have received 10 such uniforms. These were distributed to sanitation workers of A ward. We will share our feedback with the Swachh Bharat Mission officials concerned.”