Fed-up with inaction of the BMC to clear the garbage in front of a public garden in Chandivli, residents have decided to take up the issue in their own hands. The residents have decided to clean the spot on Sunday, even as the BMC has organised the Swachta hee Seva campaign at 178 locations across the city.

mid-day had raised the issue of garbage piling up on city roads through a series of reports in August. After CM Eknath Shinde took up the issue, the BMC launched a cleanliness campaign. However, Chandivli residents don’t seem to have benefitted from this campaign. They have been repeatedly raising the issue of garbage being dumped in front of Meenatai Thackeray ground, but despite repeated assurances from the BMC, which also has a dispensary there, no work has been done.