As the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation's (BMC) plan to set up a big construction and demolition waste processing unit did not get much response from contractors over the past two years, the civic body has now decided to install three to four small units of 200 tonnes each for processing an average of 800 metric tonnes of debris that the city generates daily. Two proposals for awarding contracts for collection and transportation of debris to dumping grounds were tabled in the standing committee meeting on Wednesday.

The civic corporation usually spends crores of rupees to collect and transport debris from the city. During a discussion at the meeting, leader of opposition Ravi Raja raised a question about the huge amounts of money spent on debris collection. He said, "The civic body collects charges for lifting debris from private places but it is minimal. It is already facing a fund crunch and spending crores on such work will not be advisable." Congress corporator Asif Zakaria and Sena corporator Rajul Patel pointed out the same issue.